diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref4.tex b/Doc/ref/ref4.tex
index e70c0b7..8df8fc2 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref4.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref4.tex
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@
 that are identifiers if occurring in an assignment, \keyword{for} loop
 header, or in the second position of an \keyword{except} clause
 header.  Local names are searched only on the local namespace; global
-names are searched only in the global and built-in namespace.%
-%
-\footnote{If the code block contains \keyword{exec} statements or the
-construct ``\samp{from \ldots import *}'', the semantics of local
-names change: local name lookup first searches the local namespace,
-then the global namespace and the built-in namespace.}
+names are searched only in the global and built-in
+namespace.\footnote{
+If the code block contains \keyword{exec} statements or the construct
+``\samp{from \ldots import *}'', the semantics of local names change:
+local name lookup first searches the local namespace, then the global
+namespace and the built-in namespace.}
 
 A target occurring in a \keyword{del} statement is also considered bound
 for this purpose (though the actual semantics are to ``unbind'' the
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@
 The built-in functions \function{globals()} and \function{locals()} returns a
 dictionary representing the current global and local namespace,
 respectively.  The effect of modifications to this dictionary on the
-namespace are undefined.%
-\footnote{The current implementations return the dictionary actually 
-used to implement the namespace, \emph{except} for functions, where
-the optimizer may cause the local namespace to be implemented
-differently, and \function{locals()} returns a read-only dictionary.}
+namespace are undefined.\footnote{
+The current implementations return the dictionary actually used to
+implement the namespace, \emph{except} for functions, where the
+optimizer may cause the local namespace to be implemented differently,
+and \function{locals()} returns a read-only dictionary.}
 
 \section{Exceptions\label{exceptions}}
 
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
index b6579bc..50d0aee 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
@@ -718,8 +718,8 @@
 
 \item
 Mappings (dictionaries) are compared through lexicographic
-comparison of their sorted (key, value) lists.%
-\footnote{This is expensive since it requires sorting the keys first,
+comparison of their sorted (key, value) lists.\footnote{
+This is expensive since it requires sorting the keys first,
 but it is about the only sensible definition.  An earlier version of
 Python compared dictionaries by identity only, but this caused
 surprises because people expected to be able to test a dictionary for
@@ -739,8 +739,8 @@
 \code{\var{x} = \var{y}[\var{i}]}.
 \code{\var{x} not in \var{y}} yields the inverse truth value.  The
 exception \exception{TypeError} is raised when \var{y} is not a sequence,
-or when \var{y} is a string and \var{x} is not a string of length one.%
-\footnote{The latter restriction is sometimes a nuisance.}
+or when \var{y} is a string and \var{x} is not a string of length
+one.\footnote{The latter restriction is sometimes a nuisance.}
 \opindex{in}
 \opindex{not in}
 \indexii{membership}{test}
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref7.tex b/Doc/ref/ref7.tex
index 44b3c1d..437716b 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref7.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref7.tex
@@ -305,9 +305,9 @@
 in which case the parameter's default value is substituted.  If a
 parameter has a default value, all following parameters must also have
 a default value --- this is a syntactic restriction that is not
-expressed by the grammar.%
-\footnote{Currently this is not checked; instead,
-\code{def f(a=1, b)} is interpreted as \code{def f(a=1, b=None)}.}
+expressed by the grammar.\footnote{
+Currently this is not checked; instead, \code{def f(a=1, b)} is
+interpreted as \code{def f(a=1, b=None)}.}
 \indexiii{default}{parameter}{value}
 
 \strong{Default parameter values are evaluated when the function