diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
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@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ This is the list of changes to pandas between each release. For full details,
 see the `commit logs <https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/commits/>`_. For install and
 upgrade instructions, see :ref:`install`.
 
+Version 1.2
+-----------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   v1.2.0
+
 Version 1.1
 -----------
 
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+.. _whatsnew_120:
+
+What's new in 1.2.0 (??)
+------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 1.2.0. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Enhancements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. _whatsnew_120.enhancements.other:
+
+Other enhancements
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_120.deprecations:
+
+Deprecations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+.. _whatsnew_120.performance:
+
+Performance improvements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_120.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Categorical
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Datetimelike
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+-
+-
+
+Timedelta
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Timezones
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+Numeric
+^^^^^^^
+-
+-
+
+Conversion
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Strings
+^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+Interval
+^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Indexing
+^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Missing
+^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+MultiIndex
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+I/O
+^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Plotting
+^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Groupby/resample/rolling
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+Reshaping
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Sparse
+^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+ExtensionArray
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+Other
+^^^^^
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_120.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
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