diff --git a/docs/src/developers_guide/contributing_getting_involved.rst b/docs/src/developers_guide/contributing_getting_involved.rst
index 535b3d13bc..f4e677cea2 100644
--- a/docs/src/developers_guide/contributing_getting_involved.rst
+++ b/docs/src/developers_guide/contributing_getting_involved.rst
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ If you are new to using GitHub we recommend reading the
    :hidden:
 
    ../generated/api/iris
-   ../whatsnew/whatsnew
+   ../whatsnew/index
    ../techpapers/index
    ../copyright
    ../voted_issues
diff --git a/docs/src/developers_guide/release.rst b/docs/src/developers_guide/release.rst
index dd32381a27..b2de9106a2 100644
--- a/docs/src/developers_guide/release.rst
+++ b/docs/src/developers_guide/release.rst
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Release Steps
 
    * Use ``git`` to rename ``docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst`` to the release
      version file ``v1.9.rst``
-   * Update ``docs/src/whatsnews/whatsnew.rst`` to rename ``latest.rst`` in the
+   * Update ``docs/src/whatsnews/index.rst`` to rename ``latest.rst`` in the
      include statement and toctree.
    * Use ``git`` to delete the ``docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst.template`` file
    * In ``v1.9.rst`` remove the ``[unreleased]`` caption from the page title.
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Post Release Steps
    and/or ``Hidden``. To do this ``Edit`` the appropriate version e.g.,
    see `Editing v3.0.0rc0`_ (must be logged into Read the Docs).
 #. Make a new ``latest.rst`` from ``latest.rst.template`` and update the include
-   statement and the toctree in ``whatsnew.rst`` to point at the new
+   statement and the toctree in ``index.rst`` to point at the new
    ``latest.rst``.
 #. Merge back to ``main``
 
diff --git a/docs/src/index.rst b/docs/src/index.rst
index 274892f082..b9f7faaa03 100644
--- a/docs/src/index.rst
+++ b/docs/src/index.rst
@@ -144,6 +144,6 @@ The legacy support resources:
    :name: whats_new_index
    :hidden:
 
-   whatsnew/whatsnew
+   whatsnew/index
 
 .. todolist::
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/src/whatsnew/whatsnew.rst b/docs/src/whatsnew/index.rst
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/src/whatsnew/whatsnew.rst
rename to docs/src/whatsnew/index.rst