What is the <small> element in HTML?

In HTML, the <small> element is used to display inline text as side comments or small print.

It is used to show content like copyright and legal text. The text within the tag is rendered one font size smaller than it originally is. If small, it will change to x-small.

Syntax

<small> small content </small>

Code

The following code demonstrates the usage of <small> element in HTML. The content which we want to be displayed as small text is written within the opening and closing <small> and </small> tags.

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