diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 712e2e25..19ce51f7 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
 ## Rust Specific Guidance
 
 This repository is written in Rust and uses Cargo for building and dependency
-management. Contributors should follow these best practices when working on the
-project:
+management. Contributors should follow these best practices when working on
+the project:
 
 - Run `make fmt`, `make lint`, and `make test` before committing. These targets
   wrap `cargo fmt`, `cargo clippy`, and `cargo test` with the appropriate flags.
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ project:
 - Replace duplicated tests with `#[rstest(...)]` parameterised cases.
 - Prefer `mockall` for mocks/stubs.
 - Prefer `.expect()` over `.unwrap()`.
+- Use `concat!()` to combine long string literals rather than escaping newlines
+  with a backslash.
 
 ## Markdown Guidance
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bedd0844..9f545b22 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ static BULLET_RE: std::sync::LazyLock<Regex> =
 static NUMBERED_RE: std::sync::LazyLock<Regex> =
     std::sync::LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r"^(\s*)([1-9][0-9]*)\.(\s+)(.*)").unwrap());
 
+static FOOTNOTE_RE: std::sync::LazyLock<Regex> =
+    std::sync::LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r"^(\s*)(\[\^[^]]+\]:\s*)(.*)$").unwrap());
+
 /// Parses a line beginning with a numbered list marker.
 ///
 /// Returns the indentation prefix, separator following the number, and the
@@ -400,6 +403,26 @@ fn flush_paragraph(out: &mut Vec<String>, buf: &[(String, bool)], indent: &str,
     }
 }
 
+fn append_wrapped_with_prefix(out: &mut Vec<String>, prefix: &str, text: &str, width: usize) {
+    use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
+
+    let prefix_width = UnicodeWidthStr::width(prefix);
+    let indent_str: String = prefix.chars().take_while(|c| c.is_whitespace()).collect();
+    let indent_width = UnicodeWidthStr::width(indent_str.as_str());
+    let wrapped_indent = format!("{}{}", indent_str, " ".repeat(prefix_width - indent_width));
+
+    for (i, line) in wrap_preserving_code(text, width - prefix_width)
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+    {
+        if i == 0 {
+            out.push(format!("{prefix}{line}"));
+        } else {
+            out.push(format!("{wrapped_indent}{line}"));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Wraps text lines to a specified width, preserving markdown structure.
 ///
 /// Paragraphs and list items are reflowed to the given width, while code blocks, tables, headers,
@@ -485,18 +508,20 @@ pub fn wrap_text(lines: &[String], width: usize) -> Vec<String> {
             buf.clear();
             indent.clear();
             let prefix = cap.get(1).unwrap().as_str();
-            let rest = cap.get(2).unwrap().as_str().trim();
-            let spaces = " ".repeat(prefix.len());
-            for (i, l) in wrap_preserving_code(rest, width - prefix.len())
-                .iter()
-                .enumerate()
-            {
-                if i == 0 {
-                    out.push(format!("{prefix}{l}"));
-                } else {
-                    out.push(format!("{spaces}{l}"));
-                }
-            }
+            let rest = cap.get(2).unwrap().as_str();
+            append_wrapped_with_prefix(&mut out, prefix, rest, width);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if let Some(cap) = FOOTNOTE_RE.captures(line) {
+            flush_paragraph(&mut out, &buf, &indent, width);
+            buf.clear();
+            indent.clear();
+            let indent_part = cap.get(1).unwrap().as_str();
+            let label_part = cap.get(2).unwrap().as_str();
+            let prefix = format!("{indent_part}{label_part}");
+            let rest = cap.get(3).unwrap().as_str();
+            append_wrapped_with_prefix(&mut out, &prefix, rest, width);
             continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/integration.rs b/tests/integration.rs
index cb835caf..637d7d4d 100644
--- a/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/tests/integration.rs
@@ -716,6 +716,32 @@ fn test_wrap_multiple_inline_code_spans() {
     common::assert_wrapped_list_item(&output, "- ", 2);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_wrap_footnote_multiline() {
+    let input = vec![
+        concat!(
+            "[^note]: This footnote is sufficiently long to require wrapping ",
+            "across multiple lines so we can verify indentation."
+        )
+        .to_string(),
+    ];
+    let output = process_stream(&input);
+    common::assert_wrapped_list_item(&output, "[^note]: ", 2);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_wrap_footnote_with_inline_code() {
+    let input = vec![
+        concat!(
+            "  [^code_note]: A footnote containing inline `code` that should wrap ",
+            "across multiple lines without breaking the span."
+        )
+        .to_string(),
+    ];
+    let output = process_stream(&input);
+    common::assert_wrapped_list_item(&output, "  [^code_note]: ", 2);
+}
+
 #[test]
 /// Verifies that short list items are not wrapped or altered by the stream processing logic.
 ///