From 8196a511d0a28f2d8339b6388e3e6c41c3c715a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Shadrach <45562402+rhshadrach@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 19:27:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #56982: DOC: Add release notes for 2.2.1

---
 doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst  |  1 +
 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.2.1.rst | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.2.1.rst

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index ec024f36d78b1..3a2ab4c17d1bd 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Version 2.2
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   v2.2.1
    v2.2.0
 
 Version 2.1
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.2.1.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.2.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..22a6c0cd1028f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.2.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+.. _whatsnew_221:
+
+What's new in 2.2.1 (February XX, 2024)
+---------------------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 2.2.1. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_221.regressions:
+
+Fixed regressions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_221.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_221.other:
+
+Other
+~~~~~
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_221.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~