added whatsnew entry

cchwala · cchwala · commit c2473f29fc89 · 2020-08-26T23:32:14.000+02:00
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ Missing
 ^^^^^^^
 
 - Bug in :meth:`SeriesGroupBy.transform` now correctly handles missing values for `dropna=False` (:issue:`35014`)
+- Bug in :meth:`Series.interpolate` where kwarg ``limit_area`` and ``limit_direction`` had no effect when using methods ``pad`` and ``backfill`` (:issue:`31048`)
 -
 
 MultiIndex

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`@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ Missing`
`225`	`225`	`^^^^^^^`
`226`	`226`
`227`	`227`	- Bug in :meth:`SeriesGroupBy.transform` now correctly handles missing values for `dropna=False` (:issue:`35014`)
	`228`	+- Bug in :meth:`Series.interpolate` where kwarg ``limit_area`` and ``limit_direction`` had no effect when using methods ``pad`` and ``backfill`` (:issue:`31048`)
`228`	`229`	`-`
`229`	`230`
`230`	`231`	`MultiIndex`