diff --git a/collects/scribblings/scribble/base.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/scribble/base.scrbl
index 1917789d..2bd94469 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/scribble/base.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/scribble/base.scrbl
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ of inlined.}
 
 @defproc[(margin-note* [pre-content pre-content?] ...) element?]{
 
-Produces an @tech{element} that is typeset in the margin, instead of
+Produces an @racket[element] that is typeset in the margin, instead of
 inlined. Unlike @racket[margin-note], @racket[margin-note*] can be
 used in the middle of a paragraph; at the same time, its content is
 constrained to form a single paragraph in the margin.}
diff --git a/collects/scriblib/scribblings/footnote.scrbl b/collects/scriblib/scribblings/footnote.scrbl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8f3f57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/scriblib/scribblings/footnote.scrbl
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#lang scribble/manual
+@(require (for-label scribble/struct
+                     scriblib/footnote
+                     scheme/base
+                     scheme/contract))
+
+@title[#:tag "footnotes"]{Footnotes}
+
+@defmodule[scriblib/footnote]
+
+@defproc[(note [pre-content pre-content?] ...) element?]{
+
+Creates a margin note for HTML and a footnote for Latex/PDF output.}
+
+@defform[(define-footnote footnote-id footnote-part-id)]{
+
+Binds @racket[footnote-id] to a form like @racket[note] that generates
+a footnote in HTML output as well as Latex/PDF output. To trigger the
+HTML output of the footnotes that are registered through
+@racket[footnote-id], the function bound to @racket[footnote-part-id]
+must be called at a position that corresponds the bottom of the HTML
+page. (The generated section will not show a title or appear in a
+table of contents; it will look like a footnote area.)
+
+Beware that any content passed to @racket[footnote-id] will occur
+twice in at least an intermediate form of the document, and perhaps
+also in the rendered form of the document. Consequently, the content
+passed to @racket[footnote-id] should not bind link targets or include
+other one-time declarations.}
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/collects/scriblib/scribblings/scriblib.scrbl b/collects/scriblib/scribblings/scriblib.scrbl
index cee7c91d..1c1c2366 100644
--- a/collects/scriblib/scribblings/scriblib.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scriblib/scribblings/scriblib.scrbl
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 @include-section["gui-eval.scrbl"]
 @include-section["figure.scrbl"]
 @include-section["autobib.scrbl"]
+@include-section["footnote.scrbl"]