diff --git a/src/components/content/footnote-reference.astro b/src/components/content/footnote-reference.astro
index a8c4200..cc96b1d 100644
--- a/src/components/content/footnote-reference.astro
+++ b/src/components/content/footnote-reference.astro
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ interface Props {
 const { count } = Astro.props;
 ---
 
-<a href={`#${createFootnoteContentId(count)}`} id={createFootnoteReferenceId(count)}>
-	<sup>{count}</sup>
-</a>
+{
+	/**
+	 * Formatting is intentional to avoid non-sup whitespace of the link,
+	 * which would also get an underline.
+	 */
+}
+<a href={`#${createFootnoteContentId(count)}`} id={createFootnoteReferenceId(count)}
+	><sup>{count}</sup></a
+>