> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://resources.latex-cloud-studio.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Footnotes and Margin Notes in LaTeX

> Add footnotes and margin notes in LaTeX with clean formatting and readable long-form documents.

Use footnotes for references and margin notes for short editorial context.

## Footnotes

```latex footnotes.tex theme={null}
This sentence has a footnote.\footnote{Footnote text with citation or context.}

Another note can reference prior work.\footnote{See also Section~\ref{sec:methods}.}
```

## Margin Notes

```latex marginnote.tex theme={null}
\usepackage{marginnote}

Main text paragraph.\marginnote{Short side comment}
```

## Styling Footnotes

```latex footnote-style.tex theme={null}
\usepackage[hang,flushmargin]{footmisc}
\setlength{\footnotemargin}{0.8em}
```

## Best Practices

* Keep footnotes short and specific.
* Do not stack multiple long footnotes in one paragraph.
* Use margin notes for quick guidance, not primary content.

## Related Pages

* [Sections and chapters](/learn/latex/document-structure/sections-and-chapters)
* [Hyperlinks](/learn/latex/document-structure/hyperlinks)