diff --git a/inc/parser/xhtml.php b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
index 992f763449da611f98bd6d72e822f5a1f0fdfcc0..743c3bea588b487bc406a2165dbe9e43bb1f603f 100644
--- a/inc/parser/xhtml.php
+++ b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class Doku_Renderer_xhtml extends Doku_Renderer {
                     }
 
                     // add footnote markup and close this footnote
-                    $this->doc .= '<span class="content">'.$footnote.'</span>';
+                    $this->doc .= '<div class="content">'.$footnote.'</div>';
                     $this->doc .= '</div>'.DOKU_LF;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/_footnotes.css b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/_footnotes.css
index 5d5f7ca300d8adc6b88de5bde13600984f3240f4..a57dfb951a4345043d9842208637685e7b52c066 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/_footnotes.css
+++ b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/_footnotes.css
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ div.insitu-footnote {
 }
 .dokuwiki div.footnotes div.fn {
 }
+.dokuwiki div.footnotes div.fn div.content {
+    display: inline;
+}
 .dokuwiki div.footnotes div.fn sup a.fn_bot {
     font-weight: bold;
 }