diff --git a/etc/HISTORY b/etc/HISTORY
index 70f8669cb29..f6df3e6fe60 100644
--- a/etc/HISTORY
+++ b/etc/HISTORY
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ GNU Emacs 28.1 (2022-04-04) emacs-28.1
 
 GNU Emacs 28.2 (2022-09-12) emacs-28.2
 
-GNU Emacs 28.3 (2023-02-17) emacs-28.3 (was not actually released)
+GNU Emacs 28.3 (2023-02-17) emacs-28.3-rc1
+Was not actually released.
 
 GNU Emacs 29.1 (2023-07-30) emacs-29.1