diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.4.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.4.rst
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--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.4.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.4.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .. _whatsnew_134:
 
-What's new in 1.3.4 (October ??, 2021)
+What's new in 1.3.4 (October 17, 2021)
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 These are the changes in pandas 1.3.4. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ Bug fixes
 Other
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 - The minimum version of Cython needed to compile pandas is now ``0.29.24`` (:issue:`43729`)
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