diff --git a/packages/edit-post/src/components/layout/index.js b/packages/edit-post/src/components/layout/index.js
index 15bc017900daa2..b65b57af73f76d 100644
--- a/packages/edit-post/src/components/layout/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-post/src/components/layout/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ import {
 	store as editorStore,
 } from '@wordpress/editor';
 import { useSelect, useDispatch } from '@wordpress/data';
-import { BlockBreadcrumb } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
+import {
+	BlockBreadcrumb,
+	privateApis as blockEditorPrivateApis,
+} from '@wordpress/block-editor';
 import { Button, ScrollLock, Popover } from '@wordpress/components';
 import { useViewportMatch } from '@wordpress/compose';
 import { PluginArea } from '@wordpress/plugins';
@@ -49,6 +52,9 @@ import WelcomeGuide from '../welcome-guide';
 import ActionsPanel from './actions-panel';
 import StartPageOptions from '../start-page-options';
 import { store as editPostStore } from '../../store';
+import { unlock } from '../../lock-unlock';
+
+const { BlockRemovalWarningModal } = unlock( blockEditorPrivateApis );
 
 const interfaceLabels = {
 	/* translators: accessibility text for the editor top bar landmark region. */
@@ -63,6 +69,12 @@ const interfaceLabels = {
 	footer: __( 'Editor footer' ),
 };
 
+const blockRemovalRules = {
+	'core/footnotes': __(
+		'The Footnotes block displays all footnotes found in the content.'
+	),
+};
+
 function Layout( { styles } ) {
 	const isMobileViewport = useViewportMatch( 'medium', '<' );
 	const isHugeViewport = useViewportMatch( 'huge', '>=' );
@@ -202,6 +214,7 @@ function Layout( { styles } ) {
 			<LocalAutosaveMonitor />
 			<EditPostKeyboardShortcuts />
 			<EditorKeyboardShortcutsRegister />
+			<BlockRemovalWarningModal rules={ blockRemovalRules } />
 			<SettingsSidebar />
 			<InterfaceSkeleton
 				isDistractionFree={ isDistractionFree && isLargeViewport }