diff --git a/doc/footer.html b/doc/footer.html
index a938c96..0abdd10 100644
--- a/doc/footer.html
+++ b/doc/footer.html
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <div id="footer"> 
-<br />
+<div class="line"> </div><br />
+If you really must, you can contact the author at
+<a href="mailto:walter at heiho dot net">walter at heiho dot net</a>
 </div>
 
 </div>    <!-- end page -->
diff --git a/doc/header.html b/doc/header.html
index 424ee5c..952c1a6 100644
--- a/doc/header.html
+++ b/doc/header.html
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 <h1>synctool documentation</h1>
 <br class="vtab" />
 <p>
-<em>synctool by Walter de Jong &lt;walter@heiho.net&gt; (c) 2003-2011</em><br />
+<em>synctool by Walter de Jong &lt;walter@heiho.net&gt; (c) 2003-2011</em>
+<br />
 <br />
 synctool comes with <strong>no warranty</strong>. synctool is
 <strong>free software</strong>.<br />
@@ -26,4 +27,3 @@ <h1>synctool documentation</h1>
 </div>   <!-- end header -->
 
 <div id="content">
-
diff --git a/doc/synctool_doc.css b/doc/synctool_doc.css
index 3088f05..389eac1 100644
--- a/doc/synctool_doc.css
+++ b/doc/synctool_doc.css
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ div#footer {
 	position: absolute;
 	width: 100%;
 	bottom: 0;				/* stick to bottom */
-	border-top: dashed 3px #eee;
+	padding: 0em 0em .5em;
+	
+	font-family: georgia, times, serif;
+	font-style: italic;
+	font-size: .8em;
 }
 
 .example {
diff --git a/doc/toc.m4 b/doc/toc.m4
index e383669..6146088 100644
--- a/doc/toc.m4
+++ b/doc/toc.m4
@@ -9,6 +9,4 @@ View documentation as a <a href="single.html">single page</a> document.
 </p>
 </div>
 
-</div>    <!-- end content -->
-
 include(`footer.html')