diff --git a/share/sgml/news.xml b/share/sgml/news.xml
index e2897759bc..61c3252c53 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 1.297 2010/02/26 10:48:17 jkois Exp $
+      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.298 2010/03/04 02:19:51 neel Exp $
     </cvs:keyword>
   </cvs:keywords>
 
@@ -35,6 +35,22 @@
     <month>
       <name>3</name>
 
+      <day>
+	<name>4</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os; 7.3-RC2 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The second Release Candidate build for the &os;-7.3
+	    release cycle is now available.  ISO images for Tier-1
+	    architectures are now <a
+	      href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2010-March/055596.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>3</name>