diff --git a/beetsplug/lyrics.py b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
index 0856ebb34..1f215df45 100644
--- a/beetsplug/lyrics.py
+++ b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
@@ -419,11 +419,17 @@ class Genius(Backend):
             lyrics_div = verse_div.parent
             for br in lyrics_div.find_all("br"):
                 br.replace_with("\n")
+
             ads = lyrics_div.find_all("div",
                                       class_=re.compile("InreadAd__Container"))
             for ad in ads:
                 ad.replace_with("\n")
 
+            footers = lyrics_div.find_all("div",
+                                          class_=re.compile("Lyrics__Footer"))
+            for footer in footers:
+                footer.replace_with("")
+
         return lyrics_div.get_text()
 
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index e4a10dc9c..715853b66 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Bug fixes:
 * :doc:`plugins/web`: Fix handling of "query" requests. Previously queries
   consisting of more than one token (separated by a slash) always returned an
   empty result.
-* :doc:`plugins/lyrics`: Fixed an issue with the Tekstowo.pl scraper where some
-  non-lyrics content got included in the lyrics
+* :doc:`plugins/lyrics`: Fixed issues with the Tekstowo.pl and Genius
+  backends where some non-lyrics content got included in the lyrics
 
 For packagers: