diff --git a/scss/_reboot.scss b/scss/_reboot.scss
index 33fc2d660aed1355d9448baf9f49cd615ef03f06..bfe67b86d457bb5577879e60aaed4923fe4211f7 100644
--- a/scss/_reboot.scss
+++ b/scss/_reboot.scss
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
 // bottom margin to use `rem` units instead of `em`.
 p {
   margin-top: 0;
-  margin-bottom: 1rem;
+  margin-bottom: $paragraph-margin-bottom;
 }
 
 // Abbreviations
diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
index f0949eaffead6b42800eabc69b6b9429195ca539..e8ca9a9b195837aa50ca715b14ffe837c0b12708 100644
--- a/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // Spacing
 // Body
 // Links
+// Paragraphs
 // Grid breakpoints
 // Grid containers
 // Grid columns
@@ -167,6 +168,12 @@ $link-decoration:       none !default;
 $link-hover-color:      darken($link-color, 15%) !default;
 $link-hover-decoration: underline !default;
 
+// Paragraphs
+//
+// Style p element.
+
+$paragraph-margin-bottom: 1rem;
+
 
 // Grid breakpoints
 //