diff --git a/docs/releases/1.3-alpha-2.txt b/docs/releases/1.3-beta-1.txt
similarity index 87%
rename from docs/releases/1.3-alpha-2.txt
rename to docs/releases/1.3-beta-1.txt
index 0572bc14df..1fa6bf2e44 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.3-alpha-2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.3-beta-1.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ================================
-Django 1.3 alpha 2 release notes
+Django 1.3 beta 1 release notes
 ================================
 
-Welcome to Django 1.3 alpha 2!
+Welcome to Django 1.3 beta 1!
 
 This is the second in a series of preview/development releases leading
 up to the eventual release of Django 1.3. This release is primarily
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ prior to the final 1.3 release.
 As such, this release is *not* intended for production use, and any such use
 is discouraged.
 
-What's new in Django 1.3 alpha 2
-================================
+What's new in Django 1.3 beta 1
+===============================
 
 Further tweaks to the staticfiles app
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ As a result, we took the following steps to rectify the issue:
     template tag was moved to Django's core (``django.templatetags.static``) and
     renamed to :ttag:`get_static_prefix`.
 
-  * The ``django.contrib.staticfiles.context_processors.staticfiles`` 
+  * The ``django.contrib.staticfiles.context_processors.staticfiles``
     context processor was moved to Django's core
     (``django.core.context_processors.static``) and renamed to
     :func:`~django.core.context_processors.static`.
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ and ignored the almost identical implementation in the already used auth app.
 A side effect of this duplication was the missing adoption of the changes made
 in r12634_ to support a broader set of characters for usernames.
 
-This release refactores the admin's login mechanism to use a subclass of the
+This release refactors the admin's login mechanism to use a subclass of the
 :class:`~django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm` instead of a manual
 form validation. The previously undocumented method
 ``'django.contrib.admin.sites.AdminSite.display_login_form'`` has been removed
@@ -119,15 +119,12 @@ Before the final Django 1.3 release, several other preview/development
 releases will be made available. The current schedule consists of at
 least the following:
 
-* Week of **November 29, 2010**: First Django 1.3 beta release. Final
-  feature freeze for Django 1.3.
-
-* Week of **January 10, 2011**: First Django 1.3 release
+* Week of **January 24, 2011**: First Django 1.3 release
   candidate. String freeze for translations.
 
-* Week of **January 17, 2011**: Django 1.3 final release.
+* Week of **January 31, 2011**: Django 1.3 final release.
 
-If necessary, additional alpha, beta or release-candidate packages
+If necessary, additional beta or release-candidate packages
 will be issued prior to the final 1.3 release. Django 1.3 will be
 released approximately one week after the final release candidate.
 
@@ -136,8 +133,8 @@ What you can do to help
 =======================
 
 In order to provide a high-quality 1.3 release, we need your help. Although this
-alpha release is, again, *not* intended for production use, you can help the
-Django team by trying out the alpha codebase in a safe test environment and
+beta release is, again, *not* intended for production use, you can help the
+Django team by trying out the beta codebase in a safe test environment and
 reporting any bugs or issues you encounter. The Django ticket tracker is the
 central place to search for open issues:
 
@@ -163,8 +160,3 @@ Django:
 Contributions on any level -- developing code, writing documentation or simply
 triaging tickets and helping to test proposed bugfixes -- are always welcome and
 appreciated.
-
-Several development sprints will also be taking place before the 1.3
-release; these will typically be announced in advance on the
-django-developers mailing list, and anyone who wants to help is
-welcome to join in.
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diff --git a/docs/releases/index.txt b/docs/releases/index.txt
index e2ec6eb062..66edf15206 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/index.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ notes.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   1.3-alpha-2
+   1.3-beta-1
    1.3-alpha-1
    1.2-rc-1
    1.2-beta-1