From 7db37d053eb6d4c2110c795d6ddae632351a893a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Hawkins <simonjayhawkins@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2020 17:23:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #38704: DOC: Start v1.2.1 release notes

---
 doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst  |  1 +
 doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst |  2 +-
 doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.1.rst | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.1.rst

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index 310857faec436..55e3971502c0a 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Version 1.2
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   v1.2.1
    v1.2.0
 
 Version 1.1
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst
index 93cb1939a4e84..8e9361125513b 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst
@@ -859,4 +859,4 @@ Other
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. contributors:: v1.1.5..v1.2.0|HEAD
+.. contributors:: v1.1.5..v1.2.0
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.1.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3f3eb9e4b605c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+.. _whatsnew_121:
+
+What's new in 1.2.1 (January ??, 2021)
+--------------------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 1.2.1. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_121.regressions:
+
+Fixed regressions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_121.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_121.other:
+
+Other
+~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_121.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. contributors:: v1.2.0..v1.2.1|HEAD