diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4c6e4e38d..e068438cd 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -23,17 +23,8 @@ Bugs fixed
 Testing
 --------
 
-Release 3.2.1 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
-
-Incompatible changes
---------------------
-
-Deprecated
-----------
+Release 3.2.1 (released Aug 14, 2020)
+=====================================
 
 Features added
 --------------
@@ -52,11 +43,9 @@ Bugs fixed
   class
 * #8091: autodoc: AttributeError is raised on documenting an attribute on Python
   3.5.2
+* #8099: autodoc: NameError is raised when target code uses ``TYPE_CHECKING``
 * C++, fix parsing of template template paramters, broken by the fix of #7944
 
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 3.2.0 (released Aug 08, 2020)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index fde2345a8..1f550419f 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ if 'PYTHONWARNINGS' not in os.environ:
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.io')
 
-__version__ = '3.3.0+'
-__released__ = '3.3.0'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
+__version__ = '3.2.1'
+__released__ = '3.2.1'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
 #:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ __released__ = '3.3.0'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (3, 3, 0, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (3, 2, 1, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py
index f3820f715..b61a96c84 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/__init__.py
@@ -1608,6 +1608,9 @@ class DataDocumenter(ModuleLevelDocumenter):
             # obtain annotation for this data
             try:
                 annotations = get_type_hints(self.parent)
+            except NameError:
+                # Failed to evaluate ForwardRef (maybe TYPE_CHECKING)
+                annotations = safe_getattr(self.parent, '__annotations__', {})
             except TypeError:
                 annotations = {}
             except KeyError:
@@ -1984,6 +1987,9 @@ class AttributeDocumenter(DocstringStripSignatureMixin, ClassLevelDocumenter):
             # obtain type annotation for this attribute
             try:
                 annotations = get_type_hints(self.parent)
+            except NameError:
+                # Failed to evaluate ForwardRef (maybe TYPE_CHECKING)
+                annotations = safe_getattr(self.parent, '__annotations__', {})
             except TypeError:
                 annotations = {}
             except KeyError:
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/TYPE_CHECKING.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/TYPE_CHECKING.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa7eb99a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/TYPE_CHECKING.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from io import StringIO
+
+
+class Foo:
+    attr1: "StringIO"
diff --git a/tests/test_ext_autodoc.py b/tests/test_ext_autodoc.py
index 15e1f3539..90a2ec95a 100644
--- a/tests/test_ext_autodoc.py
+++ b/tests/test_ext_autodoc.py
@@ -1740,6 +1740,28 @@ def test_autodoc_Annotated(app):
     ]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 6), reason='py36+ is required.')
+@pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='ext-autodoc')
+def test_autodoc_TYPE_CHECKING(app):
+    options = {"members": None,
+               "undoc-members": None}
+    actual = do_autodoc(app, 'module', 'target.TYPE_CHECKING', options)
+    assert list(actual) == [
+        '',
+        '.. py:module:: target.TYPE_CHECKING',
+        '',
+        '',
+        '.. py:class:: Foo()',
+        '   :module: target.TYPE_CHECKING',
+        '',
+        '',
+        '   .. py:attribute:: Foo.attr1',
+        '      :module: target.TYPE_CHECKING',
+        '      :type: StringIO',
+        '',
+    ]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='pycode-egg')
 def test_autodoc_for_egged_code(app):
     options = {"members": None,