diff --git a/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml b/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
index b195af0ad..23b7d74f8 100644
--- a/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ reference:
   - subtitle: Style Summary Tables
   - contents:
       - modify
+      - modify_footnote2
       - modify_source_note
       - modify_caption
       - bold_italicize_labels_levels
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-as_hux_table.R b/tests/testthat/test-as_hux_table.R
index 8b85160a8..1581f1b17 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-as_hux_table.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-as_hux_table.R
@@ -137,10 +137,9 @@ test_that("as_hux_table passes table footnotes & footnote abbreviations correctl
 
   # customized footnotes
   tbl <- my_tbl_summary |>
-    modify_footnote(
-      all_stat_cols() ~ "replace old footnote",
-      label = "another new footnote"
-    )
+    modify_footnote_header("replace old footnote", columns = all_stat_cols()) |>
+    modify_footnote_header("another new footnote", columns = label)
+
   ht <- tbl |> as_hux_table()
 
   expect_equal(
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-as_kable_extra.R b/tests/testthat/test-as_kable_extra.R
index 76347b635..86d461156 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-as_kable_extra.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-as_kable_extra.R
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ test_that("as_kable_extra passes table footnotes & footnote abbreviations correc
   )
 
   tbl_fa <- tbl_fn |>
-    modify_footnote(stat_0 = "N = number of observations", abbreviation = TRUE)
+    modify_abbreviation("N = number of observations")
   kbl_fa <- tbl_fa |> as_kable_extra()
 
   # footnote_abbrev
@@ -188,10 +188,8 @@ test_that("as_kable_extra passes table footnotes & footnote abbreviations correc
 
   # customized footnotes
   tbl <- my_tbl_summary |>
-    modify_footnote(
-      all_stat_cols() ~ "replace old footnote",
-      label = "another new footnote"
-    )
+    modify_footnote_header("replace old footnote", columns = all_stat_cols()) |>
+    modify_footnote_header("another new footnote", columns = label)
   kbl <- tbl |> as_kable_extra()
 
   expect_snapshot_value(
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-tbl_custom_summary.R b/tests/testthat/test-tbl_custom_summary.R
index e7048cc00..530f3c8c8 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-tbl_custom_summary.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-tbl_custom_summary.R
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test_that("tbl_custom_summary() basics", {
         digits = ~1
       ) |>
       add_overall(last = TRUE) |>
-      modify_footnote(all_stat_cols() ~ "Mean age") |>
+      modify_footnote_header("Mean age", columns = all_stat_cols()) |>
       modify_column_unhide(everything()) |>
       as.data.frame(col_labels = FALSE),
     NA
diff --git a/vignettes/articles/gallery.Rmd b/vignettes/articles/gallery.Rmd
index e1939f244..e24955e5d 100644
--- a/vignettes/articles/gallery.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/articles/gallery.Rmd
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ trial |>
     missing = "no"
   ) |> 
   modify_header(stat_0 = "**Mean (SD)**") |> 
-  modify_footnote(stat_0 = NA) |> 
+  remove_footnote_header(stat_0) |> 
   add_ci()
 ```
 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ gt_t1 <- trial |>
   tbl_summary(include = c(trt, grade), missing = "no") |> 
   add_n() |> 
   modify_header(stat_0 = "**n (%)**") |> 
-  modify_footnote(stat_0 = NA_character_)
+  remove_footnote_header(stat_0)
 
 theme_gtsummary_compact()
 tbl_merge(
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ trial |>
   ) |> 
   modify_header(label = "**Model Outcome**",
                 estimate = "**Treatment Coef.**") |> 
-  modify_footnote(estimate = "Values larger than 0 indicate larger values in the Drug B group.")
+  modify_footnote_header("Values larger than 0 indicate larger values in the Drug B group.", columns = estimate)
 ```
 
 <hr>
diff --git a/vignettes/articles/tbl_regression.Rmd b/vignettes/articles/tbl_regression.Rmd
index 3538acad9..ba70a176d 100644
--- a/vignettes/articles/tbl_regression.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/articles/tbl_regression.Rmd
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ The {gtsummary} package comes with functions specifically made to modify and for
 dplyr::tribble(
   ~Function,                     ~Description,
   "`modify_header()`",           "update column headers",
-  "`modify_footnote()`",         "update column footnote",
+  "`modify_footnote_header()`",  "update column header footnote",
+  "`modify_footnote_body()`",    "update table body footnote",
   "`modify_spanning_header()`",  "update spanning headers",
   "`modify_caption()`",          "update table caption/title",
   "`bold_labels()`",             "bold variable labels",
diff --git a/vignettes/articles/tbl_summary.Rmd b/vignettes/articles/tbl_summary.Rmd
index 915b4df29..b6762258c 100644
--- a/vignettes/articles/tbl_summary.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/articles/tbl_summary.Rmd
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ The {gtsummary} package comes with functions specifically made to modify and for
 dplyr::tribble(
   ~Function,                     ~Description,
   "`modify_header()`",           "update column headers",
-  "`modify_footnote()`",         "update column footnote",
+  "`modify_footnote_header()`",  "update column header footnote",
+  "`modify_footnote_body()`",    "update table body footnote",
   "`modify_spanning_header()`",  "update spanning headers",
   "`modify_caption()`",          "update table caption/title",
   "`bold_labels()`",             "bold variable labels",
@@ -238,9 +239,7 @@ trial2 |>
   add_n() |>
   modify_header(label ~ "**Variable**") |>
   modify_spanning_header(c("stat_1", "stat_2") ~ "**Treatment Received**") |>
-  modify_footnote(
-    all_stat_cols() ~ "Median (IQR) or Frequency (%)"
-  ) |>
+  modify_footnote_header("Median (IQR) or Frequency (%)", columns = all_stat_cols()) |>
   modify_caption("**Table 1. Patient Characteristics**") |>
   bold_labels()
 ```