diff --git a/share/sgml/news.xml b/share/sgml/news.xml
index f163a86b5c..e20b486434 100644
--- a/share/sgml/news.xml
+++ b/share/sgml/news.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 <news>
   <cvs:keywords xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS" version="1.0">
     <cvs:keyword name="freebsd">
-      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.272 2009/10/04 15:00:07 jh Exp $
+      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.273 2009/10/11 17:49:27 danger Exp $
     </cvs:keyword>
   </cvs:keywords>
 
@@ -35,6 +35,23 @@
     <month>
       <name>10</name>
 
+      <day>
+	<name>28</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os; 8.0-RC2 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The second of the Release Candidates for the &os;-8.0
+	    release cycle is now available.  ISO images for Tier-1
+	    architectures and a <em>memory stick</em> image for
+	    amd64/i386 are now <a
+	    href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2009-October/052544.html">available</a>
+	    on most of the <a
+	    href="&url.doc.base-en;/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">&os;
+	    mirror sites</a>.</p>
+	</event>
+      </day>
+
       <day>
 	<name>11</name>