diff --git a/share/xml/news.xml b/share/xml/news.xml
index 9dd0d7e9c0..0bba901050 100644
--- a/share/xml/news.xml
+++ b/share/xml/news.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@
     <month>
       <name>2</name>
 
+      <day>
+	<name>28</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os;&nbsp;10.3-BETA3 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The third BETA build for the &os;&nbsp;10.3 release cycle
+	    is now available.  ISO images for the amd64, armv6, i386,
+	    ia64, powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures are <a
+	      href="&lists.stable;/2016-February/084238.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>
+
       <day>
 	<name>24</name>
 
diff --git a/share/xml/release.ent b/share/xml/release.ent
index 9f7c8399d8..1fac8008d7 100644
--- a/share/xml/release.ent
+++ b/share/xml/release.ent
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 <!ENTITY beta.testing "INCLUDE">
 <!ENTITY % beta.testing "INCLUDE">
 <!ENTITY betarel.current '10.3'>
-<!ENTITY betarel.vers 'BETA2'>
+<!ENTITY betarel.vers 'BETA3'>
 <!ENTITY u.betarel.schedule '&base;/releases/&betarel.current;R/schedule.html'>
 
 <!-- If we have a second release in the release cycle (e.g. 5.x and 6.y