diff --git a/en/news/news.xml b/en/news/news.xml
index afbcca157a..10223a1ba1 100644
--- a/en/news/news.xml
+++ b/en/news/news.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 <news>
   <cvs:keywords xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS" version="1.0">
     <cvs:keyword name="freebsd">
-      $FreeBSD: www/en/news/news.xml,v 1.174 2003/10/22 04:18:15 murray Exp $
+      $FreeBSD: www/en/news/news.xml,v 1.175 2003/10/27 13:13:52 hrs Exp $
     </cvs:keyword>
   </cvs:keywords>
 
@@ -31,6 +31,23 @@
     <month>
       <name>October</name>
 
+
+      <day>
+	<name>28</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE is Now Available</title>
+
+          <p><a href="$base/releases/4.9R/announce.html">FreeBSD
+	    4.9-RELEASE</a> has been released.  Please see the <a
+	    href="$base/releases/index.html">Release Information</a>
+	    page for more details.  Also be sure to check the <a
+	    href="$base/releases/4.9R/errata.html">release errata</a>
+	    after installation for any late-breaking news and/or 
+	    issues with 4.9.</p>
+	</event>
+      </day>
+
       <day>
 	<name>22</name>