diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index dbc7800196007..dd3599bba8e54 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Version 2.1
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   v2.1.3
    v2.1.2
    v2.1.1
    v2.1.0
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
index c52f7db8ec3ec..6101333ae760c 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ Other
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. contributors:: v2.1.0..v2.1.1|HEAD
+.. contributors:: v2.1.0..v2.1.1
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
index 7758dd71453f5..2b3e4707b8e0b 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
@@ -67,3 +67,5 @@ Other
 
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. contributors:: v2.1.1..v2.1.2
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.3.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1359123ef153e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.3.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+.. _whatsnew_213:
+
+What's new in 2.1.3 (November ??, 2023)
+---------------------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 2.1.3. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_213.regressions:
+
+Fixed regressions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_213.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_213.other:
+
+Other
+~~~~~
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_213.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. contributors:: v2.1.2..v2.1.3|HEAD
diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/test_repr_info.py b/pandas/tests/frame/test_repr_info.py
index 63ecdfa5e001b..23aef9ba7d18d 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/test_repr_info.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/test_repr_info.py
@@ -29,12 +29,7 @@ class TestDataFrameReprInfoEtc:
     def test_repr_bytes_61_lines(self):
         # GH#12857
         lets = list("ACDEFGHIJKLMNOP")
-        slen = 50
-        nseqs = 1000
-        words = [
-            [np.random.default_rng(2).choice(lets) for x in range(slen)]
-            for _ in range(nseqs)
-        ]
+        words = np.random.default_rng(2).choice(lets, (1000, 50))
         df = DataFrame(words).astype("U1")
         assert (df.dtypes == object).all()