diff --git a/stats.sty b/stats.sty
index 84f3a5eb1e6ad6b5cde5c40e3700453a0a88e43f..50344dba5d482d931b3419de83edc2e8588c92e1 100644
--- a/stats.sty
+++ b/stats.sty
@@ -388,7 +388,9 @@
 % Reference versions (which always are non-verbose) don't
 % have the space for full-sized stats.
 
-\iftoggle{verbose}{}{
+\iftoggle{verbose}{
+	\begin{small}%
+}{%
 	\begin{footnotesize}
 }
 
@@ -443,9 +445,11 @@
 
 \vspace{.1cm}
 
-\iftoggle{verbose}{}{
-	\end{footnotesize}
-}
+\iftoggle{verbose}{%
+	\end{small}%
+}{%
+	\end{footnotesize}%
+}%
 }
 
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