diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.1.txt b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.1.txt
index a250505adc409..14bb77be5d77c 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.1.txt
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.1.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. _whatsnew_0211:
 
-v0.21.1
--------
+v0.21.1 (December 12, 2017)
+---------------------------
 
 This is a minor bug-fix release in the 0.21.x series and includes some small regression fixes,
 bug fixes and performance improvements.