</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>ulink.footnotes</refname>
-<refpurpose>Generate footnotes for <tag>ULink</tag>s?</refpurpose>
+<refpurpose>Generate footnotes for <tag>ulink</tag>s?</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
-<para>If non-zero, the URL of each <tag>ULink</tag> will
-appear as a footnote.
-</para>
+<para>If non-zero, and if <parameter>ulink.show</parameter> also is non-zero,
+the URL of each <tag>ulink</tag> will appear as a footnote.</para>
+
+<note><para>DocBook 5 does not have an <tag>ulink</tag> element. When processing
+DocBoook 5 documents, <parameter>ulink.footnotes</parameter> applies to all inline
+elements that are marked up with <tag class="attribute">xlink:href</tag> attributes
+that point to external resources.</para>
+</note>
</refsection>
</refentry>
<para>If non-zero, the URL of each <tag>ulink</tag> will
appear after the text of the link. If the text of the link and the URL
-are identical, the URL is suppressed.</para>
+are identical, the URL is suppressed. </para>
+
+<para>See also <parameter>ulink.footnotes</parameter>.</para>
+
+<note><para>DocBook 5 does not have an <tag>ulink</tag> element. When processing
+DocBoook 5 documents, <parameter>ulink.show</parameter> applies to all inline
+elements that are marked up with <tag class="attribute">xlink:href</tag> attributes
+that point to external resources.</para>
+</note>
</refsection>
</refentry>