bpo-39576: Clarify the word size for the 32-bit build. (#18616)
diff --git a/Doc/library/decimal.rst b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
index 2a51429..4e640cc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/decimal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
@@ -2155,8 +2155,8 @@
>>> import sys
>>>
- >>> # Maximum number of digits for a single operand using 500MB in 8 byte words
- >>> # with 19 (9 for the 32-bit version) digits per word:
+ >>> # Maximum number of digits for a single operand using 500MB in 8-byte words
+ >>> # with 19 digits per word (4-byte and 9 digits for the 32-bit build):
>>> maxdigits = 19 * ((500 * 1024**2) // 8)
>>>
>>> # Check that this works: