1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1bec0ca..09046b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -137,7 +137,13 @@ ecbor_item_t item = ecbor_stop_code ();
 
 but the user must subsequently encode the correct amount of child items (for definite-size arrays and maps) or the stop code (for indefinite arrays and maps).
 
-Once all the items have been encoded, the length of the output buffer can be obtained from `BUFFER_SIZE - context.bytes_left`.
+Once all the items have been encoded, the length of the output buffer can be obtained either by calling 
+```c
+size_t sz;
+ecbor_error_t rc = ecbor_get_encoded_buffer_size(&context, &sz);
+```
+
+or by using the `ECBOR_GET_ENCODED_BUFFER_SIZE` macro.
 
 ### Decoder
 
@@ -362,4 +368,4 @@ And finally, in order to retrieve the length of arrays, maps, strings:
 ```c
 ecbor_item_t item;
 size_t len = ECBOR_GET_LENGTH(&item)
-```
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+```