diff --git a/doc/source/getting_started/install.rst b/doc/source/getting_started/install.rst
index fc99b458fa0af..7d1150c2f65fa 100644
--- a/doc/source/getting_started/install.rst
+++ b/doc/source/getting_started/install.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Instructions for installing from source,
 Python version support
 ----------------------
 
-Officially Python 3.5.3 and above, 3.6, and 3.7.
+Officially Python 3.5.3 and above, 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8.
 
 Installing pandas
 -----------------
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.2.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.2.rst
index 9789c9fce3541..54a451e4427a2 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.2.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.2.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ What's new in 0.25.2 (October XX, 2019)
 These are the changes in pandas 0.25.2. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
 including other versions of pandas.
 
+.. note::
+
+    Pandas 0.25.2 adds compatibility for Python 3.8 (:issue:`28147`).
+
 .. _whatsnew_0252.bug_fixes:
 
 Bug fixes
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 04aedcb101e25..c35a0e75ecb80 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ def build_extensions(self):
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Cython",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
 ]