From 81768de24c0b2c491e67e88952dfcb02acd0ff91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Lumberbot (aka Jack)"
 <39504233+meeseeksmachine@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:27:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #55207 on branch 2.1.x (DOC: Add whatsnew for
 2.1.2) (#55221)

Backport PR #55207: DOC: Add whatsnew for 2.1.2

Co-authored-by: Thomas Li <47963215+lithomas1@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst  |  1 +
 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst |  2 +-
 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst |  2 ++
 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index c21fbc28ae68f..baab20845a2a2 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Version 2.1
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   v2.1.2
    v2.1.1
    v2.1.0
 
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst
index 18054e0b01191..d422fb1be9fdf 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst
@@ -891,4 +891,4 @@ Other
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. contributors:: v2.0.3..v2.1.0|HEAD
+.. contributors:: v2.0.3..v2.1.0
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
index 42a7029b1fa77..c52f7db8ec3ec 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
@@ -51,3 +51,5 @@ Other
 
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. contributors:: v2.1.0..v2.1.1|HEAD
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2c9b10160d144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+.. _whatsnew_212:
+
+What's new in 2.1.2 (October ??, 2023)
+---------------------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 2.1.2. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_212.regressions:
+
+Fixed regressions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_212.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_212.other:
+
+Other
+~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_212.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~