diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
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--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-2.8.3.dev
----------
+2.8.3
+-----
 
 - fix #1169: add __name__ attribute to testcases in TestCaseFunction to
   support the @unittest.skip decorator on functions and methods.
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/index.rst b/doc/en/announce/index.rst
index 4c849c970..00a40308d 100644
--- a/doc/en/announce/index.rst
+++ b/doc/en/announce/index.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Release announcements
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   release-2.8.3
    release-2.8.2
    release-2.7.2
    release-2.7.1
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/release-2.8.3.rst b/doc/en/announce/release-2.8.3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c2873a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/en/announce/release-2.8.3.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+pytest-2.8.3: bug fixes
+=======================
+
+pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than a 1100 tests
+against itself, passing on many different interpreters and platforms.
+This release is supposed to be drop-in compatible to 2.8.1.
+
+See below for the changes and see docs at:
+
+    http://pytest.org
+
+As usual, you can upgrade from pypi via::
+
+    pip install -U pytest
+
+Thanks to all who contributed to this release, among them:
+
+    Bruno Oliveira
+    Demian Brecht
+    Florian Bruhin
+    Ionel Cristian Mărieș
+    Raphael Pierzina
+    Ronny Pfannschmidt
+    holger krekel
+
+Happy testing,
+The py.test Development Team
+
+
+2.8.3 (compared to 2.8.2)
+-----------------------------
+
+- fix #1169: add __name__ attribute to testcases in TestCaseFunction to
+  support the @unittest.skip decorator on functions and methods.
+  Thanks Lee Kamentsky for the PR.
+
+- fix #1035: collecting tests if test module level obj has __getattr__().
+  Thanks Suor for the report and Bruno Oliveira / Tom Viner for the PR.
+
+- fix #331: don't collect tests if their failure cannot be reported correctly
+  e.g. they are a callable instance of a class.
+
+- fix #1133: fixed internal error when filtering tracebacks where one entry
+  belongs to a file which is no longer available.
+  Thanks Bruno Oliveira for the PR.
+
+- enhancement made to highlight in red the name of the failing tests so
+  they stand out in the output.
+  Thanks Gabriel Reis for the PR.
+
+- add more talks to the documentation
+- extend documentation on the --ignore cli option 
+- use pytest-runner for setuptools integration 
+- minor fixes for interaction with elcapitan system integrity protection (thanks Florian)
+
+