diff --git a/share/xml/news.xml b/share/xml/news.xml
index 0e46d92d04..b12373ae06 100644
--- a/share/xml/news.xml
+++ b/share/xml/news.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,26 @@
   <year>
     <name>2013</name>
 
+    <month>
+      <name>8</name>
+
+      <day>
+	<name>5</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os;&nbsp;9.2-RC1 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The first RC build for the &os;-9.2 release cycle is
+	    now available.  ISO images for the amd64, i386, ia64,
+	    powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures are <a
+	      href="&lists.stable;/2013-August/074589.html">available</a>
+	    on most of our <a
+	      href="&url.doc.base-en;/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">&os;
+	    mirror sites</a>.</p>
+	</event>
+      </day>
+    </month>
+
     <month>
       <name>7</name>