diff --git a/material/partials/footer.html b/material/partials/footer.html
index 78d9ee5a4..70c6598b7 100644
--- a/material/partials/footer.html
+++ b/material/partials/footer.html
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@
     <div class="md-footer-meta__inner md-grid">
       <div class="md-footer-copyright">
         {% if config.copyright %}
-          <span class="md-footer-copyright__highlight">
+          <div class="md-footer-copyright__highlight">
             {{ config.copyright }}
-          </span>
-          <br>
+          </div>
         {% endif %}
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         <a href="http://www.mkdocs.org">MkDocs</a>
diff --git a/src/partials/footer.html b/src/partials/footer.html
index 3039e32fe..c24934a61 100644
--- a/src/partials/footer.html
+++ b/src/partials/footer.html
@@ -78,10 +78,9 @@
       <!-- Copyright and theme information -->
       <div class="md-footer-copyright">
         {% if config.copyright %}
-          <span class="md-footer-copyright__highlight">
+          <div class="md-footer-copyright__highlight">
             {{ config.copyright }}
-          </span>
-          <br />
+          </div>
         {% endif %}
         powered by
         <a href="http://www.mkdocs.org">MkDocs</a>