diff --git a/share/sgml/news.xml b/share/sgml/news.xml
index 0dd0009681..10393e8ba4 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 1.422 2012/03/01 19:52:23 ak Exp $
+      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.423 2012/03/06 15:07:28 gjb Exp $
     </cvs:keyword>
   </cvs:keywords>
 
@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@
     <name>2012</name>
     <month>
       <name>3</name>
+      <day>
+	<name>6</name>
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os;&nbsp;8.3-RC1 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The second test build for the &os;-8.3 release cycle is
+	    now available.  ISO images for the amd64, i386, and pc98
+	    architectures are <a
+	      href="&lists.stable;/2012-March/066722.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>01</name>
 	<event>