diff --git a/share/xml/news.xml b/share/xml/news.xml
index 18f1590bd2..9703985aae 100644
--- a/share/xml/news.xml
+++ b/share/xml/news.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@
     <month>
       <name>12</name>
 
+      <day>
+	<name>19</name>
+	<event>
+	  <p> FreeBSD src repo to be converted to git. Please see
+	    <a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/git">the git wiki</a>
+	    for details.</p>
+	</event>
+      </day>
+
       <day>
 	<name>12</name>
 	<event>