diff --git a/IPython/core/release.py b/IPython/core/release.py
index 4967bca..ae0a537 100644
--- a/IPython/core/release.py
+++ b/IPython/core/release.py
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ name = 'ipython'
 # release.  'dev' as a _version_extra string means this is a development
 # version
 _version_major = 6
-_version_minor = 0
+_version_minor = 1
 _version_patch = 0
 _version_extra = '.dev'
 # _version_extra = 'rc2'
-_version_extra = ''  # Uncomment this for full releases
+# _version_extra = ''  # Uncomment this for full releases
 
 # Construct full version string from these.
 _ver = [_version_major, _version_minor, _version_patch]
diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/development.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/development.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bdbc3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/development.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+=====================
+ Development version
+=====================
+
+This document describes in-flight development work.
+
+.. warning::
+
+    Please do not edit this file by hand (doing so will likely cause merge
+    conflicts for other Pull Requests). Instead, create a new file in the
+    `docs/source/whatsnew/pr` folder
+
+
+.. DO NOT EDIT THIS LINE BEFORE RELEASE. FEATURE INSERTION POINT.
+
+
+Backwards incompatible changes
+------------------------------
+
+.. DO NOT EDIT THIS LINE BEFORE RELEASE. INCOMPAT INSERTION POINT.
diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index de0300d..f13c5b4 100644
--- a/docs/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ development work they do here in a user friendly format.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   developement
    version6
    github-stats-6
    version5