diff --git a/quad/quad/scribblings/quad.scrbl b/quad/quad/scribblings/quad.scrbl
index d1b0eba8..b6402980 100644
--- a/quad/quad/scribblings/quad.scrbl
+++ b/quad/quad/scribblings/quad.scrbl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#lang scribble/manual
+f#lang scribble/manual
 
 @(require racket/runtime-path scribble/example quadwriter pitfall/page pitfall/color racket/format (for-label txexpr (except-in pollen #%module-begin) xml racket/base racket/draw quadwriter)
 pollen/scribblings/mb-tools quad/pict)
@@ -526,6 +526,10 @@ Columns per page. @racket[column-count] is a positive integer; @racket[column-ga
 Whether footer is displayed. Default is @racket["true"]. Footer is suppressed if this value is @racket["none"] or @racket["false"].
 }
 
+@defthing[#:kind "attribute" footer-text symbol?]{
+Text displayed in footer. Default is @racket["false"], which will lead to default text being used for the footer (= a combination of page number, document name, and time / date).
+}
+
 
 @subsubsection{Block-level attributes}
 
diff --git a/quad/quadwriter/attrs.rkt b/quad/quadwriter/attrs.rkt
index 14617242..cba53402 100644
--- a/quad/quadwriter/attrs.rkt
+++ b/quad/quadwriter/attrs.rkt
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ Naming guidelines
                            page-margin-gutter
 
                            footer-display
+                           footer-text
 
                            fn-ref
                            fn-text
diff --git a/quad/quadwriter/layout.rkt b/quad/quadwriter/layout.rkt
index c709f1ed..436510b1 100644
--- a/quad/quadwriter/layout.rkt
+++ b/quad/quadwriter/layout.rkt
@@ -531,15 +531,17 @@
   (font-size doc (* .8 default-font-size))
   (font doc (path->string (quad-ref q font-path-key default-font-face)))
   (fill-color doc default-font-color)
-  (text doc (format "~a · ~a at ~a" (quad-ref q :page-number 0)
+  (text doc (or (quad-ref q :footer-text)
+                (format "~a · ~a at ~a" (quad-ref q :page-number 0)
                     (if (quadwriter-test-mode) "test" (quad-ref q :doc-title "untitled"))
-                    (date->string (if (quadwriter-test-mode) (seconds->date 0 #f) (current-date)) #t))
+                    (date->string (if (quadwriter-test-mode) (seconds->date 0 #f) (current-date)) #t)))
         x y))
 
 (define (make-footer-quad col-q page-idx path)
   (define-values (dir name _) (split-path (path-replace-extension path #"")))
   (define attrs (let ([attrs (make-hasheq)])
                   (hash-set*! attrs
+                              :footer-text (quad-ref col-q :footer-text)
                               :page-number (+ (quad-ref col-q :page-number-start (add1 (section-pages-used))) (sub1 page-idx))
                               :doc-title (string-titlecase (path->string name))
                               :font-family "text")
@@ -731,8 +733,9 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/typesetter/blob/882ec681ad1fa6eaee6287e53bc4320d96
 
 (define ((page-finish-wrap make-page-quad path) cols q0 q page-idx)
   (define page-quad (make-page-quad (+ (section-pages-used) page-idx)))
+  #R (quad-ref (car cols) :footer-text #true)
   (define elems
-    (match (quad-ref (car cols) :footer-display #true)
+    (match #R (quad-ref (car cols) :footer-display #true)
       [(or #false "none") (from-parent cols 'nw)]
       [_ (cons (make-footer-quad (car cols) page-idx path) (from-parent cols 'nw))]))
   (list (quad-copy page-quad