diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index 76d13478612ee..6764fbd736d46 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ Version 1.0
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
-   v1.0.0
-   v1.0.1
+   v1.0.3
    v1.0.2
+   v1.0.1
+   v1.0.0
 
 Version 0.25
 ------------
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.2.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.2.rst
index d3921271264c2..cfa3ee6acc29d 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.2.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.2.rst
@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@ Bug fixes
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. contributors:: v1.0.1..v1.0.2|HEAD
+.. contributors:: v1.0.1..v1.0.2
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.3.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..17f1bdc365518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.3.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+.. _whatsnew_103:
+
+What's new in 1.0.3 (March ??, 2020)
+------------------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 1.0.3. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_103.regressions:
+
+Fixed regressions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. _whatsnew_103.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. contributors:: v1.0.2..v1.0.3|HEAD