diff --git a/r/_pkgdown.yml b/r/_pkgdown.yml
index 39700914db4..57e99648ec5 100644
--- a/r/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/r/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ repo:
 footer:
   structure:
     left: older_versions
-    right: built_with
+    right: [built_with, legal]
   components:
     older_versions: "[Older versions of these docs](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/r/versions.html)"
+    legal: |
+      <small>Apache Arrow, Arrow, Apache, the Apache logo, and the Apache Arrow project logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation in the United States and other countries.</small>