2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/rd/block_parser.rb b/lib/rdoc/rd/block_parser.rb
index 1e7d872508..dd15e1262e 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/rd/block_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/rd/block_parser.rb
@@ -394,11 +394,12 @@ end
 # Adds footnote +content+ to the document
 
 def add_footnote content
-  index = @footnotes.length + 1
+  index = @footnotes.length / 2 + 1
 
   footmark_link = "{^#{index}}[rdoc-label:footmark-#{index}:foottext-#{index}]"
 
-  @footnotes << RDoc::Markup::Paragraph.new(footmark_link, *content)
+  @footnotes << RDoc::Markup::Paragraph.new(footmark_link, ' ', *content)
+  @footnotes << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
 
   index
 end
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/rd/inline_parser.rb b/lib/rdoc/rd/inline_parser.rb
index f330def44a..c3c1f4b030 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/rd/inline_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/rd/inline_parser.rb
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ def _reduce_101(val, _values, result)
 end
 
 def _reduce_102(val, _values, result)
-      result = "<tt>#{val[1]}</tt>"
+      result = inline "<tt>#{val[1]}</tt>", val[1]
 
     result
 end