diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c864f9350..03b1af31c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Release 0.6.3 (in development)
 ==============================
 
+* #222: Allow the "Footnotes" header to be translated.
+
 * #225: Don't add whitespace in generated HTML after inline tags.
 
 * #227: Make ``literalinclude`` work when the document's path
diff --git a/doc/markup/para.rst b/doc/markup/para.rst
index e8adc75c1..469947ab5 100644
--- a/doc/markup/para.rst
+++ b/doc/markup/para.rst
@@ -88,9 +88,10 @@ units as well as normal text:
 
    .. note::
 
-      If the *title* of the rubric is "Footnotes", this rubric is ignored by
-      the LaTeX writer, since it is assumed to only contain footnote
-      definitions and therefore would create an empty heading.
+      If the *title* of the rubric is "Footnotes" (or the selected language's
+      equivalent), this rubric is ignored by the LaTeX writer, since it is
+      assumed to only contain footnote definitions and therefore would create an
+      empty heading.
 
 
 .. directive:: centered
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 1719f22e7..07eed28ae 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -567,7 +567,8 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
         self.body.append("\n\n")
 
     def visit_rubric(self, node):
-        if len(node.children) == 1 and node.children[0].astext() == 'Footnotes':
+        if len(node.children) == 1 and node.children[0].astext() in \
+               ('Footnotes', _('Footnotes')):
             raise nodes.SkipNode
         self.body.append('\\paragraph{')
         self.context.append('}\n')