diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 068a20dff0b..03f80a5c2fc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,9 +4,36 @@ Python News
 
 (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
 
+What's New in Python 2.6 beta 3?
+================================
+
+*Release date: XX-Aug-2008*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+- Issue #3120: On 64-bit Windows the subprocess module was truncating handles.
+
+- Issue #3303: Fix a crash in locale.strcoll() when calling it with
+  invalid arguments.
+
+- Issue #3302: Fix several crashes when calling locale's gettext functions
+  with None arguments.
+
+- Issue #3389: Allow resolving dotted names for handlers in logging
+  configuration files.
+
+- Deprecate the sunaudio module for removal in Python 3.0.
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.6 beta 2?
 ================================
 
+*Release date: 17-Jul-2008*
+
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
@@ -67,17 +94,6 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
-- Issue #3303: Fix a crash in locale.strcoll() when calling it with
-  invalid arguments.
-
-- Issue #3302: Fix several crashes when calling locale's gettext functions
-  with None arguments.
-
-- Issue #3389: Allow resolving dotted names for handlers in logging
-  configuration files.
-
-- Deprecate the sunaudio module for removal in Python 3.0.
-
 - Issue #3395: fix reference in test_multiprocessing to old debugInfo method
 
 - Issue #3312: Fix two crashes in sqlite3.
@@ -141,8 +157,6 @@ Library
   up in the child process to prevent deadlock and report proper thread counts
   if the new process uses the threading module.
 
-- Issue #3120: On 64-bit Windows the subprocess module was truncating handles.
-
 Tests
 -----