diff --git a/docs/releases/2.2.1.txt b/docs/releases/2.2.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6710ad63cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/2.2.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+==========================
+Django 2.2.1 release notes
+==========================
+
+*Expected May 1, 2019*
+
+Django 2.2.1 fixes several bugs in 2.2.
+
+Bugfixes
+========
+
+* ...
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.txt b/docs/releases/index.txt
index e48b2e8980d..e6f2507ae5b 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/index.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ versions of the documentation contain the release notes for any later releases.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   2.2.1
    2.2
 
 2.1 release