Merge pull request #17598

Add note about 7.1 having a patch release

subprojects/docs/src/docs/release/notes.md

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Switch your build to use Gradle @version@ by updating your wrapper:
 
 See the [Gradle 7.x upgrade guide](userguide/upgrading_version_7.html#changes_@baseVersion@) to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading to Gradle @version@.
 
+NOTE: Gradle 7.1 has had **one** patch release, which fixes several issues from the original release.
+We recommend always using the latest patch release.
+
 For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the [full compatibility notes](userguide/compatibility.html).
 
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