diff --git a/demo/17-footnotes.ts b/demo/17-footnotes.ts
index 3920d0dce8..bf3f11eb91 100644
--- a/demo/17-footnotes.ts
+++ b/demo/17-footnotes.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 // Footnotes
 // Import from 'docx' rather than '../build' if you install from npm
 import * as fs from "fs";
-import { Document, Packer, Paragraph } from "../build";
+import { Document, Packer, Paragraph, TextRun } from "../build";
 
 const doc = new Document();
 
 doc.addSection({
-    children: [new Paragraph("Hello World").referenceFootnote(1), new Paragraph("Hello World").referenceFootnote(2)],
+    children: [
+        new Paragraph({
+            children: [new TextRun("Hello").referenceFootnote(1), new TextRun(" World!").referenceFootnote(2)],
+        }),
+        new Paragraph("Hello World").referenceFootnote(3),
+    ],
 });
 
+doc.createFootnote(new Paragraph("Foo"));
 doc.createFootnote(new Paragraph("Test"));
 doc.createFootnote(new Paragraph("My amazing reference"));
 
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/run/text-run.ts b/src/file/paragraph/run/text-run.ts
index eeacf2dfd5..2bbf1bae75 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/run/text-run.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/run/text-run.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { FootnoteReferenceRun } from "file/footnotes/footnote/run/reference-run";
 import { IRunOptions, Run } from "./run";
 import { Text } from "./run-components/text";
 
@@ -16,4 +17,9 @@ export class TextRun extends Run {
         super(options);
         this.root.push(new Text(options.text));
     }
+
+    public referenceFootnote(id: number): TextRun {
+        this.root.push(new FootnoteReferenceRun(id));
+        return this;
+    }
 }