diff --git a/docs/releases/1.3.txt b/docs/releases/1.3.txt
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@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+.. _releases-1.3:
+
+============================================
+Django 1.3 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
+============================================
+
+This page documents release notes for the as-yet-unreleased Django
+1.3. As such, it's tentative and subject to change. It provides
+up-to-date information for those who are following trunk.
+
+Django 1.3 includes a number of nifty `new features`_, lots of bug
+fixes and an easy upgrade path from Django 1.2.
+
+.. _new features: `What's new in Django 1.3`_
+
+.. _backwards-incompatible-changes-1.3:
+
+Backwards-incompatible changes in 1.3
+=====================================
+
+
+
+Features deprecated in 1.3
+==========================
+
+
+
+What's new in Django 1.3
+========================
+
+
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.txt b/docs/releases/index.txt
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@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ up to and including the new version.
 Final releases
 ==============
 
+1.3 release
+-----------
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   1.3
+
 1.2 release
 -----------
 .. toctree::