diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/base.css b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/base.css
index daf4699cac17..3a80e3a3c98e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/base.css
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/base.css
@@ -893,11 +893,6 @@ a.deletelink:focus, a.deletelink:hover {
   }
 }
 
-#footer {
-    clear: both;
-    padding: 10px;
-}
-
 /* COLUMN TYPES */
 
 .colMS {
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/responsive.css b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/responsive.css
index b9553415d71a..df426ed991b9 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/responsive.css
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/css/responsive.css
@@ -451,14 +451,10 @@ input[type="submit"], button {
 @media (max-width: 767px) {
     /* Layout */
 
-    #header, #content, #footer {
+    #header, #content {
         padding: 15px;
     }
 
-    #footer:empty {
-        padding: 0;
-    }
-
     div.breadcrumbs {
         padding: 10px 15px;
     }
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
index 1ca50e508d1d..f01a7ab61ce2 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@
           <br class="clear">
         </div>
         <!-- END Content -->
-        {% block footer %}<div id="footer"></div>{% endblock %}
       </main>
     </div>
+    <footer id="footer">{% block footer %}{% endblock %}</footer>
 </div>
 <!-- END Container -->
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/5.1.txt b/docs/releases/5.1.txt
index 0cf249f3cf2a..9e8ff8c04999 100644
--- a/docs/releases/5.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/5.1.txt
@@ -348,6 +348,10 @@ Miscellaneous
 * In order to improve accessibility, the admin's changelist filter is now
   rendered in a ``<nav>`` tag instead of a ``<div>``.
 
+* In order to improve accessibility, the admin's footer is now rendered in
+  a ``<footer>`` tag instead of a ``<div>``, and also moved below the
+  ``<div id="main">`` element.
+
 * :meth:`.SimpleTestCase.assertURLEqual` and
   :meth:`~django.test.SimpleTestCase.assertInHTML` now add ``": "`` to the
   ``msg_prefix``. This is consistent with the behavior of other assertions.
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index cb61c889414b..5877abf7819e 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -1605,6 +1605,13 @@ def test_main_content(self):
             '<main id="content-start" class="content" tabindex="-1">',
         )
 
+    def test_footer(self):
+        response = self.client.get(reverse("admin:index"))
+        self.assertContains(response, '<footer id="footer">')
+        self.client.logout()
+        response = self.client.get(reverse("admin:login"))
+        self.assertContains(response, '<footer id="footer">')
+
     def test_aria_describedby_for_add_and_change_links(self):
         response = self.client.get(reverse("admin:index"))
         tests = [