From 0276bbec17c9322c17820e36c8018c6e53464c0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joris Van den Bossche <jorisvandenbossche@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:43:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] DOC: Add release notes template for 2.3.1

---
 doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst  |  1 +
 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.3.1.rst | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.3.1.rst

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index 1dd6c5fabef04..9da73c8fd76d4 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Version 2.3
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   v2.3.1
    v2.3.0
 
 Version 2.2
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.3.1.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.3.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c9d8f04250c23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.3.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+.. _whatsnew_231:
+
+What's new in 2.3.1 (Month XX, 2025)
+------------------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 2.3.1. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_231.enhancements:
+
+Enhancements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-
+
+.. _whatsnew_231.regressions:
+
+Fixed regressions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_231.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_231.other:
+
+Other
+~~~~~
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_231.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~