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 <h2 id="rule-2">Rule 2</h2>
 <p>The size rule requires your entry to satisfy <strong>BOTH</strong> rule 2a and rule 2b:</p>
 <h2 id="rule-2a">Rule 2a</h2>
-<p>The size of your program source <strong>MUST BE &lt;= 4096 bytes</strong> in length.</p>
+<p><strong><code>|</code></strong> The size of your program source <strong>MUST BE &lt;= 4993 bytes</strong> in length.</p>
 <h2 id="rule-2b">Rule 2b</h2>
 <p><strong><code>|</code></strong> When your program source is fed as input to the current IOCCC size
 tool, and the IOCCC size tool <code>-i</code> command line option is used, the