diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst.template b/doc/source/index.rst.template
index 10705787dfedf..4ced92cbda81a 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst.template
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst.template
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ See the :ref:`overview` for more detail about what's in the library.
     :hidden:
 {% endif %}
 {% if not single_doc %}
-    What's New in 1.0.0 <whatsnew/v1.0.0>
+    What's New in 1.1.0 <whatsnew/v1.1.0>
     getting_started/index
     user_guide/index
     {% endif -%}
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ See the :ref:`overview` for more detail about what's in the library.
     whatsnew/index
 {% endif %}
 
-* :doc:`whatsnew/v1.0.0`
+* :doc:`whatsnew/v1.1.0`
 * :doc:`getting_started/index`
 
   * :doc:`getting_started/install`
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index 05c7f72882088..bc463d0ab22d8 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ This is the list of changes to pandas between each release. For full details,
 see the commit logs at http://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas. For install and
 upgrade instructions, see :ref:`install`.
 
+Version 1.1
+-----------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   v1.1.0
+
 Version 1.0
 -----------
 
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.1.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.1.0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c3ee72f6442fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.1.0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+.. _whatsnew_110:
+
+What's new in 1.1.0 (??)
+------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 1.1.0. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Enhancements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. _whatsnew_110.enhancements.other:
+
+Other enhancements
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_110.deprecations:
+
+Deprecations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+.. _whatsnew_110.performance:
+
+Performance improvements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_110.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Categorical
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Datetimelike
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+-
+-
+
+Timedelta
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Timezones
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+Numeric
+^^^^^^^
+-
+-
+
+Conversion
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Strings
+^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+Interval
+^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Indexing
+^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Missing
+^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+MultiIndex
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+I/O
+^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Plotting
+^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Groupby/resample/rolling
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+Reshaping
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+Sparse
+^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+ExtensionArray
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+-
+-
+
+
+Other
+^^^^^
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_110.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~