document the footnote usage pattern

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/doc/doc.tex b/Doc/doc/doc.tex
index e4b91ac..9c47289 100644
--- a/Doc/doc/doc.tex
+++ b/Doc/doc/doc.tex
@@ -187,6 +187,20 @@ text contributions are more than welcome as well.
   Topics which are not covered in the Apple's style guide will be
   discussed in this document if necessary.
 
+  Footnotes are generally discouraged due to the pain of using
+  footnotes in the HTML conversion of documents.  Footnotes may be
+  used when they are the best way to present specific information.
+  When a footnote reference is added at the end of the sentence, it
+  should follow the sentence-ending punctuation.  The \LaTeX{} markup
+  should appear something like this:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+This sentence has a footnote reference.%
+  \footnote{This is the footnote text.}
+\end{verbatim}
+
+  Footnotes may appear in the middle of sentences where appropriate.
+
   Many special names are used in the Python documentation, including
   the names of operating systems, programming languages, standards
   bodies, and the like.  Many of these were assigned \LaTeX{} macros
diff --git a/Doc/ext/newtypes.tex b/Doc/ext/newtypes.tex
index 9152883..3672533 100644
--- a/Doc/ext/newtypes.tex
+++ b/Doc/ext/newtypes.tex
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ this?
   1
 \item when we know that deallocation of the object\footnote{This is
   true when we know that the object is a basic type, like a string or
-  a float} will not cause any
+  a float.} will not cause any
   calls back into our type's code
 \item when decrementing a reference count in a \member{tp_dealloc}
   handler when garbage-collections is not supported\footnote{We relied
@@ -792,9 +792,9 @@ eventually figure out that the list is garbage and free it.
 
 In the second version of the \class{Noddy} example, we allowed any
 kind of object to be stored in the \member{first} or \member{last}
-attributes\footnote{Even in the third version, we aren't guaranteed to
+attributes.\footnote{Even in the third version, we aren't guaranteed to
 avoid cycles.  Instances of string subclasses are allowed and string
-subclasses could allow cycles even if normal strings don't.}. This
+subclasses could allow cycles even if normal strings don't.} This
 means that \class{Noddy} objects can participate in cycles:
 
 \begin{verbatim}