diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
index 6d5da7cdff3b3..c9ab496295d85 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.1.rst
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Bug fixes
 
 Other
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+- Reverted the deprecation that disallowed :meth:`Series.apply` returning a :class:`DataFrame` when the passed-in callable returns a :class:`Series` object (:issue:`52116`)
 
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 .. _whatsnew_211.contributors: