migration-guides: add placeholders for 5.3

diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/index.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/index.rst
index 14127d56f..81227ad56 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/index.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/index.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@  to move to one release of the Yocto Project from the previous one.
 .. toctree::
 
    migration-general
+   release-5.3
    release-5.2
    release-5.1
    release-5.0
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/migration-5.3.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-5.3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22653fc91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-5.3.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ 
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+.. |yocto-codename| replace:: whinlatter
+.. |yocto-ver| replace:: 5.3
+.. Note: anchors id below cannot contain substitutions so replace them with the
+   value of |yocto-ver| above.
+
+Release |yocto-ver| (|yocto-codename|)
+======================================
+
+Migration notes for |yocto-ver| (|yocto-codename|)
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+This section provides migration information for moving to the Yocto
+Project |yocto-ver| Release (codename "|yocto-codename|") from the prior release.
+
+Supported kernel versions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The :term:`OLDEST_KERNEL` setting is XXX in this release, meaning that
+out the box, older kernels are not supported. See :ref:`4.3 migration notes
+<migration-4.3-supported-kernel-versions>` for details.
+
+Supported distributions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Compared to the previous releases, running BitBake is supported on new
+GNU/Linux distributions:
+
+-  XXX
+
+On the other hand, some earlier distributions are no longer supported:
+
+-  XXX
+
+See :ref:`all supported distributions <system-requirements-supported-distros>`.
+
+Rust language changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+systemd changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Recipe changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Removed variables
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following variables have been removed:
+
+Removed recipes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following recipes have been removed in this release:
+
+Removed classes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following classes have been removed in this release:
+
+Removed features
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following features have been removed in this release:
+
+Miscellaneous changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.3.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcde2d225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.3.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ 
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+Release 5.3 (whinlatter)
+=======================
+
+.. toctree::
+
+   migration-5.3
+   release-notes-5.3
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..181f1a401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ 
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+.. |yocto-codename| replace:: whinlatter
+.. |yocto-ver| replace:: 5.3
+.. Note: anchors id below cannot contain substitutions so replace them with the
+   value of |yocto-ver| above.
+
+Release notes for |yocto-ver| (|yocto-codename|)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+New Features / Enhancements in |yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Linux kernel XXX, gcc XXX, glibc XXX, LLVM XXX, and over XXX other
+   recipe upgrades.
+
+-  Minimum Python version required on the host: XXX.
+
+-  New variables:
+
+-  Kernel-related changes:
+
+-  New core recipes:
+
+-  New core classes:
+
+-  Architecture-specific changes:
+
+-  QEMU / ``runqemu`` changes:
+
+-  Documentation changes:
+
+-  Go changes:
+
+-  Rust changes:
+
+-  Wic Image Creator changes:
+
+-  SDK-related changes:
+
+-  Testing-related changes:
+
+-  Utility script changes:
+
+-  BitBake changes:
+
+-  Packaging changes:
+
+-  LLVM related changes:
+
+-  SPDX-related changes:
+
+-  ``devtool`` changes:
+
+-  Patchtest-related changes:
+
+-  :ref:`ref-classes-insane` class related changes:
+
+-  Security changes:
+
+-  :ref:`ref-classes-cve-check` changes:
+
+-  New :term:`PACKAGECONFIG` options for individual recipes:
+
+-  Systemd related changes:
+
+-  :ref:`ref-classes-sanity` class changes:
+
+-  Miscellaneous changes:
+
+Known Issues in |yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Recipe License changes in |yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following changes have been made to the :term:`LICENSE` values set by recipes:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 20 40 40
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Recipe
+     - Previous value
+     - New value
+   * - ``recipe name``
+     - Previous value
+     - New value
+
+Security Fixes in |yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following CVEs have been fixed:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 30 70
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Recipe
+     - CVE IDs
+   * - ``recipe name``
+     - :cve_nist:`xxx-xxxx`, ...
+
+Recipe Upgrades in |yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following recipes have been upgraded:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 20 40 40
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Recipe
+     - Previous version
+     - New version
+   * - ``recipe name``
+     - Previous version
+     - New version
+
+Contributors to |yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Thanks to the following people who contributed to this release:
+
+Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-|yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~