diff --git a/docs/source/releases.rst b/docs/source/releases.rst
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--- a/docs/source/releases.rst
+++ b/docs/source/releases.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+.. include:: whatsnew/0.8.3.txt
+
 .. include:: whatsnew/0.8.0.txt
 
 .. include:: whatsnew/0.7.0.txt
diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/0.8.3.txt b/docs/source/whatsnew/0.8.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8536401e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/0.8.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Release 0.8.3
+-------------
+
+:Release: 0.8.3
+:Date: November 6, 2015
+
+
+.. note::
+
+   We advanced the version to ``0.8.3`` to fix a source distribution issue with
+   pypi. There are no code changes in this version.