diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index 77df36b08d82..e76e96bb28dc 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ Nathaniel J. Smith <njs@pobox.com> njsmith <njs@pobox.com>
 Naveen Arunachalam <notatroll.troll@gmail.com> naveenarun <notatroll.troll@gmail.com>
 Nicolas Scheffer <nicolas.scheffer@sri.com> Nicolas Scheffer <scheffer@speech.sri.com>
 Nicholas A. Del Grosso <delgrosso@bio.lmu.de> nickdg <delgrosso@bio.lmu.de>
+Nicholas McKibben <nicholas.bgp@gmail.com> mckib2 <nicholas.bgp@gmail.com>
 Nick Minkyu Lee <mknicklee@protonmail.com> fivemok <9394929+fivemok@users.noreply.github.com>
 Ondřej Čertík <ondrej.certik@gmail.com> Ondrej Certik <ondrej.certik@gmail.com>
 Óscar Villellas Guillén <oscar.villellas@continuum.io> ovillellas <oscar.villellas@continuum.io>
diff --git a/doc/changelog/1.20.1-changelog.rst b/doc/changelog/1.20.1-changelog.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..215cdca3c5e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog/1.20.1-changelog.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+Contributors
+============
+
+A total of 8 people contributed to this release.  People with a "+" by their
+names contributed a patch for the first time.
+
+* Bas van Beek
+* Charles Harris
+* Nicholas McKibben +
+* Pearu Peterson
+* Ralf Gommers
+* Sebastian Berg
+* Tyler Reddy
+* @Aerysv +
+
+Pull requests merged
+====================
+
+A total of 15 pull requests were merged for this release.
+
+* `#18306 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18306>`__: MAINT: Add missing placeholder annotations
+* `#18310 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18310>`__: BUG: Fix typo in ``numpy.__init__.py``
+* `#18326 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18326>`__: BUG: don't mutate list of fake libraries while iterating over...
+* `#18327 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18327>`__: MAINT: gracefully shuffle memoryviews
+* `#18328 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18328>`__: BUG: Use C linkage for random distributions
+* `#18336 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18336>`__: CI: fix when GitHub Actions builds trigger, and allow ci skips
+* `#18337 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18337>`__: BUG: Allow unmodified use of isclose, allclose, etc. with timedelta
+* `#18345 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18345>`__: BUG: Allow pickling all relevant DType types/classes
+* `#18351 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18351>`__: BUG: Fix missing signed_char dependency. Closes #18335.
+* `#18352 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18352>`__: DOC: Change license date 2020 -> 2021
+* `#18353 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18353>`__: CI: CircleCI seems to occasionally time out, increase the limit
+* `#18354 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18354>`__: BUG: Fix f2py bugs when wrapping F90 subroutines.
+* `#18356 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18356>`__: MAINT: crackfortran regex simplify
+* `#18357 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18357>`__: BUG: threads.h existence test requires GLIBC > 2.12.
+* `#18359 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18359>`__: REL: Prepare for the NumPy 1.20.1 release.
diff --git a/doc/source/release/1.20.1-notes.rst b/doc/source/release/1.20.1-notes.rst
index 449c15a20189..f95b5847ddcd 100644
--- a/doc/source/release/1.20.1-notes.rst
+++ b/doc/source/release/1.20.1-notes.rst
@@ -4,42 +4,50 @@
 NumPy 1.20.1 Release Notes
 ==========================
 
+NumPy 1,20.1 is a rapid bugfix release fixing several bugs and regressions
+reported after the 1.20.0 release.
+
 
 Highlights
 ==========
 
-
-New functions
-=============
+- The distutils bug that caused problems with downstream projects is fixed.
+- The ``random.shuffle`` regression is fixed.
 
 
-Deprecations
+Contributors
 ============
 
+A total of 8 people contributed to this release.  People with a "+" by their
+names contributed a patch for the first time.
 
-Future Changes
-==============
+* Bas van Beek
+* Charles Harris
+* Nicholas McKibben +
+* Pearu Peterson
+* Ralf Gommers
+* Sebastian Berg
+* Tyler Reddy
+* @Aerysv +
 
 
-Expired deprecations
+Pull requests merged
 ====================
 
-
-Compatibility notes
-===================
-
-
-C API changes
-=============
-
-
-New Features
-============
-
-
-Improvements
-============
-
-
-Changes
-=======
+A total of 15 pull requests were merged for this release.
+
+* `#18306 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18306>`__: MAINT: Add missing placeholder annotations
+* `#18310 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18310>`__: BUG: Fix typo in ``numpy.__init__.py``
+* `#18326 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18326>`__: BUG: don't mutate list of fake libraries while iterating over...
+* `#18327 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18327>`__: MAINT: gracefully shuffle memoryviews
+* `#18328 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18328>`__: BUG: Use C linkage for random distributions
+* `#18336 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18336>`__: CI: fix when GitHub Actions builds trigger, and allow ci skips
+* `#18337 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18337>`__: BUG: Allow unmodified use of isclose, allclose, etc. with timedelta
+* `#18345 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18345>`__: BUG: Allow pickling all relevant DType types/classes
+* `#18351 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18351>`__: BUG: Fix missing signed_char dependency. Closes #18335.
+* `#18352 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18352>`__: DOC: Change license date 2020 -> 2021
+* `#18353 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18353>`__: CI: CircleCI seems to occasionally time out, increase the limit
+* `#18354 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18354>`__: BUG: Fix f2py bugs when wrapping F90 subroutines.
+* `#18356 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18356>`__: MAINT: crackfortran regex simplify
+* `#18357 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18357>`__: BUG: threads.h existence test requires GLIBC > 2.12.
+* `#18359 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/18359>`__: REL: Prepare for the NumPy 1.20.1 release.