diff --git a/source/math/big_integer b/source/math/big_integer
index 073b514..8629dd9 100644
--- a/source/math/big_integer
+++ b/source/math/big_integer
@@ -739,20 +739,23 @@ namespace gtl {
         }
 
     public:
-        /// @brief  Get the length of the big number in allocated bits for the magnitude.
+        /// @brief  Get the length of the big number in allocated bits.
         /// @return The number of bits allocated to store the big number.
+        /// @note   This does not include a bit to store the sign.
         unsigned long long int get_length_bits() const {
             return this->magnitude.get_length_bits();
         }
 
-        /// @brief  Get the length of the big number in allocated bytes for the magnitude.
-        /// @return The number of bytes allocated to store the big number.
+        /// @brief  Get the length of the big number in bytes.
+        /// @return The number of bytes needed to store the big number.
+        /// @note   This does not include a byte to store the sign.
         unsigned long long int get_length_bytes() const {
             return this->magnitude.get_length_bytes();
         }
 
         /// @brief  Get the length of the big number as a decimal number.
         /// @return The number of digits required to represent the big number.
+        /// @note   This does not include a character to store the sign.
         unsigned long long int get_length_decimal() const {
             return this->magnitude.get_length_decimal();
         }
diff --git a/source/math/big_unsigned b/source/math/big_unsigned
index a11e804..2f6698f 100644
--- a/source/math/big_unsigned
+++ b/source/math/big_unsigned
@@ -903,14 +903,24 @@ namespace gtl {
         }
 
     public:
-        /// @brief  Get the length of the big number in allocated bits, this will be a multiple of eight.
+        /// @brief  Get the length of the big number in allocated bits.
         /// @return The number of bits allocated to store the big number.
         unsigned long long int get_length_bits() const {
-            return this->chunks.size() * big_unsigned::chunk_bits;
+            unsigned int msb = this->chunks.back() | 1;
+            unsigned int remainder = big_unsigned::chunk_bits;
+            while (msb < 0x01000000) {
+                msb <<= 8;
+                remainder -= 8;
+            }
+            while ((msb > 0) && (!(msb & 0x80000000))) {
+                msb <<= 1;
+                --remainder;
+            }
+            return remainder + (this->chunks.size() - 1) * big_unsigned::chunk_bits;
         }
 
-        /// @brief  Get the length of the big number in allocated bytes.
-        /// @return The number of bytes allocated to store the big number.
+        /// @brief  Get the length of the big number in bytes.
+        /// @return The number of bytes needed to store the big number.
         unsigned long long int get_length_bytes() const {
             const unsigned long long int remainder = (this->chunks.back() > 0xFFFFFF) + (this->chunks.back() > 0xFFFF) + (this->chunks.back() > 0xFF) + 1;
             return remainder + (this->chunks.size() - 1) * sizeof(chunk_type);
diff --git a/tests/math/big_integer.test.cpp b/tests/math/big_integer.test.cpp
index 048ac51..51d1e54 100644
--- a/tests/math/big_integer.test.cpp
+++ b/tests/math/big_integer.test.cpp
@@ -1156,24 +1156,24 @@ TEST(big_integer, operator, get_length_bits) {
 
     gtl::big_integer big_integer_lhs(lhs);
     gtl::big_integer big_integer_rhs(rhs);
-    REQUIRE(big_integer_lhs.get_length_bits() == 64);
-    REQUIRE(big_integer_rhs.get_length_bits() == 32);
+    REQUIRE(big_integer_lhs.get_length_bits() == 63);
+    REQUIRE(big_integer_rhs.get_length_bits() == 2);
 
     constexpr static const char* two_power_333 = "17498005798264095394980017816940970922825355447145699491406164851279623993595007385788105416184430592";
     gtl::big_integer big_integer_333(two_power_333, testbench::string_length(two_power_333));
-    REQUIRE(big_integer_333.get_length_bits() == 352);
+    REQUIRE(big_integer_333.get_length_bits() == 334);
 
     signed long long int lhs_negative = -(1ll << 62);
     signed long long int rhs_negative = -2;
 
     gtl::big_integer big_integer_lhs_negative(lhs_negative);
     gtl::big_integer big_integer_rhs_negative(rhs_negative);
-    REQUIRE(big_integer_lhs_negative.get_length_bits() == 64);
-    REQUIRE(big_integer_rhs_negative.get_length_bits() == 32);
+    REQUIRE(big_integer_lhs_negative.get_length_bits() == 63);
+    REQUIRE(big_integer_rhs_negative.get_length_bits() == 2);
 
     constexpr static const char* two_power_333_negative = "-17498005798264095394980017816940970922825355447145699491406164851279623993595007385788105416184430592";
     gtl::big_integer big_integer_333_negative(two_power_333_negative, testbench::string_length(two_power_333_negative));
-    REQUIRE(big_integer_333_negative.get_length_bits() == 352);
+    REQUIRE(big_integer_333_negative.get_length_bits() == 334);
 }
 
 TEST(big_integer, operator, get_length_bytes) {
diff --git a/tests/math/big_unsigned.test.cpp b/tests/math/big_unsigned.test.cpp
index 8eac4b6..3922644 100644
--- a/tests/math/big_unsigned.test.cpp
+++ b/tests/math/big_unsigned.test.cpp
@@ -652,12 +652,12 @@ TEST(big_unsigned, operator, get_length_bits) {
 
     gtl::big_unsigned big_unsigned_lhs(lhs);
     gtl::big_unsigned big_unsigned_rhs(rhs);
-    REQUIRE(big_unsigned_lhs.get_length_bits() == 64);
-    REQUIRE(big_unsigned_rhs.get_length_bits() == 32);
+    REQUIRE(big_unsigned_lhs.get_length_bits() == 63);
+    REQUIRE(big_unsigned_rhs.get_length_bits() == 2);
 
     constexpr static const char* two_power_333 = "17498005798264095394980017816940970922825355447145699491406164851279623993595007385788105416184430592";
     gtl::big_unsigned big_unsigned_333(two_power_333, testbench::string_length(two_power_333));
-    REQUIRE(big_unsigned_333.get_length_bits() == 352);
+    REQUIRE(big_unsigned_333.get_length_bits() == 334);
 }
 
 TEST(big_unsigned, operator, get_length_bytes) {