Commentary for Bava Batra 212:2

והתנן פחות משתות הגיעו עד שתות ינכה הני מילי היכא דלא קים ליה בגוה אבל היכא דקים ליה בגוה סבר וקביל

came before Abaye who said unto him, '[Surely] you realized [its size] and accepted.' But did we not learn: THE SALE IS VALID [IF THE DIFFERENCE IS] LESS THAN A SIXTH; [IF IT AMOUNTS] TO A SIXTH, DEDUCTION<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And here, the difference was more than a sixth, 5/20 = 1/4; why, then, was not R. Papa allowed to deduct the difference? ');">⁴</span> MUST BE MADE? — This applies only where [the buyer] is not acquainted with the field, but where he is acquainted with it [it is assumed that] he understood [the conditions] and accepted. 'But,' [argued R. Papa.] 'he said to me, twenty!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Implying that if found to contain less, the difference would be made good from another field, or a deduction from the price would he allowed. ');">⁵</span> — He replied: '[The seller might say that he meant] that the field was as good<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the fifteen se'ah of that field will produce as much as twenty in an ordinary field. ');">⁶</span>

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