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diff --git a/source/arduino/sizeof.rst b/source/arduino/sizeof.rst
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--- a/source/arduino/sizeof.rst
+++ b/source/arduino/sizeof.rst
@@ -1,71 +1,62 @@
-.. _arduino-sizeof:
-
-sizeof
-======
-
-Description
------------
-
-The sizeof operator returns the number of bytes in a variable type,
-or the number of bytes occupied by an array.
+.. highlight:: cpp
 
+.. _arduino-sizeof:
 
+sizeof()
+========
 
 Syntax
 ------
 
-sizeof(variable)
-
-
+::
 
-Parameters
-----------
+    sizeof(type)
+    sizeof(var)
 
-variable: any variable type or array (e.g. int, float, byte)
 
 
+Description
+-----------
 
-Example code
-------------
+The ``sizeof`` operator returns the number of bytes needed to store a
+value of a given type.  This can be an ordinary numeric type, like
+``int``.  It can be something more complicated, like a ``struct`` or
+``union``.  If the argument to ``sizeof`` is an array, it returns the
+total number of bytes occupied by the array.
 
-The sizeof operator is useful for dealing with arrays (such as
-strings) where it is convenient to be able to change the size of
-the array without breaking other parts of the program.
 
+Examplec
+--------
 
+The ``sizeof`` operator is useful for dealing with arrays (such as
+strings) where it is convenient to be able to change the size of the
+array without breaking other parts of the program.
 
 This program prints out a text string one character at a time. Try
-changing the text phrase.
-
-
-
-::
+changing the text phrase::
 
     char myStr[] = "this is a test";
     int i;
-    
-    void setup(){
+
+    void setup() {
       Serial.begin(9600);
     }
-    
-    void loop() { 
-      for (i = 0; i < sizeof(myStr) - 1; i++){
+
+    void loop() {
+      for (i = 0; i < sizeof(myStr) - 1; i++) {
         Serial.print(i, DEC);
         Serial.print(" = ");
         Serial.println(myStr[i], BYTE);
       }
     }
-    
-
-Note that sizeof returns the total number of bytes. So for larger
-variable types such as ints, the for loop would look something like
-this.
 
 
-
-::
+Note that ``sizeof`` returns the total number of bytes; this is equal
+to the number of ``char``\ s only because the C++ standard guarantees
+that ``sizeof(char) == 1``. So for larger variable types such as
+``int``, the :ref:`for loop <arduino-for>` would look something like
+this::
 
     for (i = 0; i < (sizeof(myInts)/sizeof(int)) - 1; i++) {
       // do something with myInts[i]
     }
-