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diff --git a/docs/faq/install.txt b/docs/faq/install.txt
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@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Django version Python versions
 4.1            3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 (added in 4.1.3)
 4.2            3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11
 5.0            3.10, 3.11, 3.12
+5.1            3.10, 3.11, 3.12
 ============== ===============
 
 For each version of Python, only the latest micro release (A.B.C) is officially
diff --git a/docs/releases/5.1.txt b/docs/releases/5.1.txt
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@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+============================================
+Django 5.1 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
+============================================
+
+*Expected August 2024*
+
+Welcome to Django 5.1!
+
+These release notes cover the :ref:`new features <whats-new-5.1>`, as well as
+some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes <backwards-incompatible-5.1>` you'll
+want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 5.0 or earlier. We've
+:ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features
+<deprecated-features-5.1>`.
+
+See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing
+project.
+
+Python compatibility
+====================
+
+Django 5.1 supports Python 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12. We **highly recommend** and
+only officially support the latest release of each series.
+
+.. _whats-new-5.1:
+
+What's new in Django 5.1
+========================
+
+Minor features
+--------------
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.admin`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.auth`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.messages`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.postgres`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.redirects`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.sessions`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.sites`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.syndication`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Asynchronous views
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Cache
+~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+CSRF
+~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Decorators
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Email
+~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Error Reporting
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+File Storage
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+File Uploads
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Forms
+~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Generic Views
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Internationalization
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Logging
+~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Management Commands
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Migrations
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Models
+~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Requests and Responses
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Security
+~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Serialization
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Signals
+~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Templates
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Tests
+~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+URLs
+~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Utilities
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Validators
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+.. _backwards-incompatible-5.1:
+
+Backwards incompatible changes in 5.1
+=====================================
+
+Database backend API
+--------------------
+
+This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database
+backends.
+
+* ...
+
+Miscellaneous
+-------------
+
+* ...
+
+.. _deprecated-features-5.1:
+
+Features deprecated in 5.1
+==========================
+
+Miscellaneous
+-------------
+
+* ...
+
+Features removed in 5.1
+=======================
+
+These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed
+in Django 5.1.
+
+See :ref:`deprecated-features-4.2` for details on these changes, including how
+to remove usage of these features.
+
+* ...
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.txt b/docs/releases/index.txt
index b2b5f8f3ec..665ff32cd5 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/index.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ versions of the documentation contain the release notes for any later releases.
 
 .. _development_release_notes:
 
+5.1 release
+-----------
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   5.1
+
 5.0 release
 -----------
 .. toctree::