diff --git a/share/xml/news.xml b/share/xml/news.xml
index d19ccd765d..e455cf1657 100644
--- a/share/xml/news.xml
+++ b/share/xml/news.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,23 @@
     <month>
        <name>7</name>
 
+      <day>
+	<name>17</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os;&nbsp;10.2-BETA2 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The second BETA build for the &os;&nbsp;10.2 release
+	    cycle is now available.  ISO images for the amd64, armv6,
+	    i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures
+	    are <a
+	      href="&lists.stable;/2015-July/082771.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>11</name>