diff --git a/docs/releases/4.0.1.txt b/docs/releases/4.0.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5a674778e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/4.0.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+==========================
+Django 4.0.1 release notes
+==========================
+
+*Expected January 4, 2022*
+
+Django 4.0.1 fixes several bugs in 4.0.
+
+Bugfixes
+========
+
+* ...
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.txt b/docs/releases/index.txt
index 4eadc9c1a6..4b887c6195 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
 
+   4.0.1
    4.0
 
 3.2 release