Pandoc example: . Here is a footnote reference,[^1] and another.[^longnote] [^1]: Here is the footnote. [^longnote]: Here's one with multiple blocks. Subsequent paragraphs are indented to show that they belong to the previous footnote. { some.code } The whole paragraph can be indented, or just the first line. In this way, multi-paragraph footnotes work like multi-paragraph list items. This paragraph won't be part of the note, because it isn't indented. This paragraph won't be part of the note neither, because it isn't indented. . xxx . Duplicate footnotes: . [^xxxxx] [^xxxxx] [^xxxxx]: foo . xxx . They could terminate each other: . [^1][^2][^3] [^1]: foo [^2]: bar [^3]: baz . xxx .