diff --git a/selfdrive/car/docs.py b/selfdrive/car/docs.py
index eb2f1923c8..26f8949e8f 100755
--- a/selfdrive/car/docs.py
+++ b/selfdrive/car/docs.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def generate_cars_md(all_car_info: List[CarInfo], template_fn: str, only_tier_co
       for c in hide_cols:
         del car.row[c]
 
-  footnotes = [fn.value.text for fn in ALL_FOOTNOTES]
+  footnotes = [fn.value.text for fn in ALL_FOOTNOTES if fn.value.column in cols]
   cars_md: str = template.render(all_car_info=all_car_info,
                                  footnotes=footnotes, Star=Star, Column=cols, star_descriptions=STAR_DESCRIPTIONS)
   return cars_md