diff --git a/share/xml/news.xml b/share/xml/news.xml
index c1e0bed699..a52864d6ea 100644
--- a/share/xml/news.xml
+++ b/share/xml/news.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,26 @@
   <year>
     <name>2014</name>
 
+    <month>
+      <name>10</name>
+
+      <day>
+	<name>4</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os;&nbsp;10.1-RC1 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The fisrt RC build for the &os;&nbsp;10.1 release cycle
+	    is now available.  ISO images for the amd64, armv6, i386,
+	    ia64, powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures are <a
+	      href="&lists.stable;/2014-October/080453.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>
+    </month>
+
     <month>
       <name>9</name>