diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
index 334a7a86989..44134bda5ea 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ pub(crate) fn find_codes<T: doctest::DocTestVisitor>(
     extra_info: Option<&ExtraInfo<'_>>,
     include_non_rust: bool,
 ) {
-    let mut parser = Parser::new(doc).into_offset_iter();
+    let mut parser = Parser::new_ext(doc, main_body_opts()).into_offset_iter();
     let mut prev_offset = 0;
     let mut nb_lines = 0;
     let mut register_header = None;
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-ui/multi-par-footnote.rs b/tests/rustdoc-ui/multi-par-footnote.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb6a85db0db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rustdoc-ui/multi-par-footnote.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+//@ check-pass
+//@ compile-flags:--test
+//@ normalize-stdout: "finished in \d+\.\d+s" -> "finished in $$TIME"
+// Regression test for #139064.
+
+/// Example
+///
+/// Footnote with multiple paragraphs[^multiple]
+///
+/// [^multiple]:
+///     One
+///
+///     Two
+///
+///     Three
+pub fn add(left: u64, right: u64) -> u64 {
+    left + right
+}
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-ui/multi-par-footnote.stdout b/tests/rustdoc-ui/multi-par-footnote.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7326c0a25a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rustdoc-ui/multi-par-footnote.stdout
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+running 0 tests
+
+test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in $TIME
+