diff --git a/share/sgml/news.xml b/share/sgml/news.xml
index 8a51f00079..1bcc048c4e 100644
--- a/share/sgml/news.xml
+++ b/share/sgml/news.xml
@@ -25,13 +25,34 @@
 <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 1.266 2009/08/13 14:06:18 fluffy Exp $
+      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.267 2009/08/25 07:16:03 blackend Exp $
     </cvs:keyword>
   </cvs:keywords>
 
   <year>
     <name>2009</name>
 
+    <month>
+      <name>9</name>
+
+      <day>
+	<name>7</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os; 8.0-BETA4 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The fourth and last of the BETA builds 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-September/051801.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>
+    </month>
+
     <month>
       <name>8</name>