diff --git a/src/records/definitions/plot_area_record.xml b/src/records/definitions/plot_area_record.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c883bf32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/records/definitions/plot_area_record.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<record id="0x1035" name="PlotArea" package="org.apache.poi.hssf.record">
+    <suffix>Record</suffix>
+    <extends>Record</extends>
+    <description>preceeds and identifies a frame as belonging to the plot area.</description>
+    <author>Andrew C. Oliver (acoliver at apache.org)</author>
+    <testsize>4</testsize>
+</record>
diff --git a/src/records/styles/record.xsl b/src/records/styles/record.xsl
index 1f62a6537..d4ae2ac80 100644
--- a/src/records/styles/record.xsl
+++ b/src/records/styles/record.xsl
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>Record
     public int getRecordSize()
     {
 <xsl:variable name="fieldIterator" select="field:new()"/>
-<xsl:text>        return 4 + </xsl:text>
+<xsl:text>        return 4 </xsl:text>
 <xsl:for-each select="//fields/field">
     <xsl:value-of select="field:calcSize($fieldIterator,position(),@name,@size,@type)"/>
 </xsl:for-each>;