diff --git a/docs/releases/2.1.1.txt b/docs/releases/2.1.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42fe6edeb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/2.1.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+==========================
+Django 2.1.1 release notes
+==========================
+
+*Expected September 1, 2018*
+
+Django 2.1.1 fixes several bugs in 2.1.
+
+Bugfixes
+========
+
+* ...
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.txt b/docs/releases/index.txt
index 68ddf5d548..364fc7f3d1 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/index.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ versions of the documentation contain the release notes for any later releases.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   2.1.1
    2.1
 
 2.0 release