diff --git a/Skripten/EOAconvert.py b/Skripten/EOAconvert.py
index 2b29051..4fa1689 100755
--- a/Skripten/EOAconvert.py
+++ b/Skripten/EOAconvert.py
@@ -1578,6 +1578,9 @@ def bring_footnote_down_epub(footnote, footnote_name, destination):
     """
     captures reusable behavior from the existing code
     potentially, some of the old code could be replaced by calls to this helper
+
+    usage: contentopf = bring_footnote_down_epub(my_footnote, "1", xmlNewFootnotes)
+    unfortunately, returning the result seemed like a better idea than mutating the global variable
     """
 
     contentopf = replace_footnote_equations(footnote) # see usage note
@@ -1587,7 +1590,7 @@ def bring_footnote_down_epub(footnote, footnote_name, destination):
     # we would like to prepend this footnote identifier to the footnote element
     if footnote.text is not None:
         # if the element starts with some text anyway, prepend it there
-        footnote.text = "%s %s" (prefix, footnote.text)
+        footnote.text = "%s %s" % (prefix, footnote.text)
     else:
         # if, however, the element begins with a child, prepend the text at the beginning of the first child instead
         if len(kids):
@@ -1668,7 +1671,6 @@ class FootnoteError(Exception):
             if "lower-latin" == grouping:
                 footnote_name = alph_footnote_index(index)
             para = etree.Element("p")
-            para.text = "[%s] %s" % (footnote_name, note.text)
             contentopf = bring_footnote_down_epub(note, footnote_name, para)
             xmlNewFootnotes.append(para)
     intFootnoteNumber = 1
@@ -2883,6 +2885,9 @@ def bring_footnote_down_django(footnote, fragment, footnote_number, object_numbe
     """
     captures reusable behavior from the existing code
     potentially, some of the old code could be replaced by calls to this helper
+
+    usage: intObjectNumber = bring_footnote_down_django(xmlFootnote, "fn"+str(intFootnoteNumber), str(intFootnoteNumber), intObjectNumber, tmpStrUID, xmlResult)
+    unfortunately, returning the result seemed like a better idea than mutating the global variable
     """
 
     kids = list(footnote.getchildren())