From 2e9d429ccc31525b47ef167213db76bc2f20f439 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Manley <lukemanley@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 04:24:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #54879: DOC: Add release notes for 2.1.1

---
 doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst  |  1 +
 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index fc225d0f44497..c21fbc28ae68f 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Version 2.1
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   v2.1.1
    v2.1.0
 
 Version 2.0
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..66f6d59d08cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+.. _whatsnew_211:
+
+What's new in 2.1.1 (September XX, 2023)
+----------------------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 2.1.1. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_211.regressions:
+
+Fixed regressions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_211.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_211.other:
+
+Other
+~~~~~
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_211.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~