diff --git a/share/sgml/news.xml b/share/sgml/news.xml
index 76231c7a1e..0612b23d2a 100644
--- a/share/sgml/news.xml
+++ b/share/sgml/news.xml
@@ -25,12 +25,30 @@
 <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 1.426 2012/03/13 16:18:47 bjk Exp $
+      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.427 2012/03/23 13:46:25 cherry Exp $
     </cvs:keyword>
   </cvs:keywords>
 
   <year>
     <name>2012</name>
+    <month>
+      <name>4</name>
+      <day>
+	<name>2</name>
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os;&nbsp;8.3-RC2 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The second release candidate 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-April/067067.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>3</name>
       <day>
diff --git a/share/sgml/release.ent b/share/sgml/release.ent
index 7c40870d52..18ac0def46 100644
--- a/share/sgml/release.ent
+++ b/share/sgml/release.ent
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/release.ent,v 1.68 2012/02/20 21:34:47 gjb Exp $ -->
+<!-- $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/release.ent,v 1.69 2012/03/06 15:06:48 gjb Exp $ -->
 
 <!-- XXX rel.current and u.rel.* should be available in doc/ -->
 <!-- The currently released versions of FreeBSD.  This value is used to
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 <!ENTITY beta.testing "INCLUDE">
 <!ENTITY % beta.testing "INCLUDE">
 <!ENTITY betarel.current '8.3'>
-<!ENTITY betarel.vers 'RC1'>
+<!ENTITY betarel.vers 'RC2'>
 <!ENTITY u.betarel.schedule '&base;/releases/&betarel.current;R/schedule.html'>
 
 <!-- If we have a second release in the release cycle (e.g. 5.x and 6.y