diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/markdown.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/markdown.ts
index b9ece3b..dd4d83b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/markdown.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/markdown.ts
@@ -390,9 +390,9 @@ export function stripMarkdownForText(markdown: string): string {
 			.replace(/`{3}[\s\S]*?`{3}/g, "") // Remove code blocks
 			.replace(/`([^`]+)`/g, "$1") // Remove inline code formatting
 			.replace(/\n{3,}/g, "\n\n") // Normalize multiple newlines
-			.replace(/(~{1,2})([^~]+?)\1/g, "$2") // Remove strikethrough for ~text~ and ~~text~~
-			.replace(/<!--(.+)-->/g, "") // Remove any html comments
-			.replace(/^\s*\[\^[^\]]+\]:[^\r\n]*(?:\r?\n[ \t]+[^\r\n]*)*/gm, "") // Remove any footnotes
-			.trim()
-	);
+		.replace(/(~{1,2})([^~]+?)\1/g, "$2") // Remove strikethrough for ~text~ and ~~text~~
+		.replace(/<!--([^]+)-->/g, "") // Remove any html comments
+		.replace(/^\s*\[\^[^\]]+\]:[^\r\n]*(?:\r?\n[ \t]+[^\r\n]*)*/gm, "") // Remove footnote definitions
+		.replace(/\[\^\S+\]/g, "") // Remove footnote references (we do after definitions so that those can be matched first)
+		.trim();
 }