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    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2022-08-01</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2022-08-03</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001822462</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FHTX</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001939167</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Costa Carlos</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>500 TECHNOLOGY SQUARE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>STE #700</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CAMBRIDGE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02139</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief People Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (Right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>14.87</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2032-01-25</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>75000.00</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (Right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>16.63</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2031-01-27</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>50000.00</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (Right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>8.77</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2030-08-18</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>59459.00</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (Right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>3.72</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F5"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2029-02-13</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>9459.00</value>
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                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (Right to buy)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F6"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>3.72</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F7"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2029-02-13</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>89189.00</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (Right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.73</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F8"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F8"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The option vests as to 25% of the underlying shares of common stock on January 26, 2023, and thereafter at a rate of 6.25% of the underlying shares on the first day of each calendar quarter until the option is fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This Form 3/A is being filed to correct the number of stock options that were reported as being beneficially owned in the Form 3 filed on August 3, 2022 (the &quot;Original Form 3&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The option vests as to 25% of the underlying shares of common stock on January 28, 2022, and thereafter at a rate of 6.25% of the underlying shares on the first day of each calendar quarter until the option is fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The option vests as to 25% of the underlying shares of common stock on August 17, 2021, and thereafter at a rate of 6.25% of the underlying shares on the first day of each calendar quarter until the option is fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The option vests as to 25% of the underlying shares of common stock on January 30, 2020, and thereafter at a rate of 6.25% of the underlying shares on the first day of each calendar quarter until the option is fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">This Form 3/A is being filed to include these stock options that are held by the reporting person and which were inadvertently omitted from the Original Form 3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">The option vests as to 25% of the underlying shares of common stock on August 29, 2019, and thereafter at a rate of 6.25% of the underlying shares on the first day of each calendar quarter until the option is fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Due to an administrative error, the Original Form 3 incorrectly reported beneficial ownership of 5,575 stock options with an expiration date of March 27, 2028.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Due to an administrative error, the vesting schedule of each of the awards set forth in Table II was incorrectly described in the Original Form 3. This Form 3/A includes the corrected vesting schedule for each such award.

This Form 3/A is also being filed to include the Reporting Person's Power of Attorney as Exhibit 24.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s /Allan Reine, M.D., Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-09-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
