Don't use a separate node for footnotes; see if people scream.  ;-)
diff --git a/Doc/perl/l2hinit.perl b/Doc/perl/l2hinit.perl
index 30361a7..c022c19 100644
--- a/Doc/perl/l2hinit.perl
+++ b/Doc/perl/l2hinit.perl
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 $MAX_LINK_DEPTH = 3;
 $ADDRESS = '';
 
+$NO_FOOTNODE = 1;
 $NUMBERED_FOOTNOTES = 1;
 
 # Python documentation uses section numbers to support references to match