From 1dc4b3925d96e26b89a1a30f36ab809662e283ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 10:51:21 +0100
Subject: Clarify that blank space is needed around footnotes.

Closes #3352.
---
 MANUAL.txt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index cdacf5760..748d0f533 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -3198,7 +3198,9 @@ will be numbered sequentially.
 
 The footnotes themselves need not be placed at the end of the
 document.  They may appear anywhere except inside other block elements
-(lists, block quotes, tables, etc.).
+(lists, block quotes, tables, etc.).  Each footnote should be
+separated from surrounding content (including other footnotes)
+by blank lines.
 
 #### Extension: `inline_notes` ####
 
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