diff --git a/Fw/Types/Assert.cpp b/Fw/Types/Assert.cpp
index ade5a118e2..f69cc86287 100644
--- a/Fw/Types/Assert.cpp
+++ b/Fw/Types/Assert.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ void defaultReportAssert(FILE_NAME_ARG file,
                          FwAssertArgType arg6,
                          CHAR* destBuffer,
                          NATIVE_INT_TYPE buffSize) {
-    static_assert(std::numeric_limits<FwSizeType>::mac() >= std::numeric_limits<NATIVE_INT_TYPE>(buffSize));
+    static_assert(std::numeric_limits<FwSizeType>::max() >= std::numeric_limits<NATIVE_INT_TYPE>::max(),
+                  "NATIVE_INT_TYPE cannot fit into FwSizeType");
     switch (numArgs) {
         case 0:
             (void)stringFormat(destBuffer,  static_cast<FwSizeType>(buffSize), fileIdFs, file, lineNo);
diff --git a/Fw/Types/format.hpp b/Fw/Types/format.hpp
index 407227087e..0d6fb397d4 100644
--- a/Fw/Types/format.hpp
+++ b/Fw/Types/format.hpp
@@ -34,10 +34,30 @@ enum class FormatStatus {
 //!   OTHER_ERROR: another error occurred in an underlying function call
 //! Otherwise SUCCESS is returned.  destination may be modified even in the case of an error.
 //!
-//! \param destination: destination to fill with the formatted string.
+//! \param destination: destination to fill with the formatted string
 //! \param maximumSize: size of the buffer represented by destination
 //! \param formatString: format string to fill
-//! \param args: variable arguments.
+//! \param ...: variable arguments inputs
+//! \return: SUCCESS on successful formatting, OVERFLOWED on overflow, and something else on any error
+    FormatStatus stringFormat(char* destination, const FwSizeType maximumSize, const char* formatString, ...);
+
+//! \brief format a c-string
+//!
+//! Format a string using printf family formatting semantics. Destination will be filled with the formatted string up to
+//! maximumSize - 1. This function will always terminate the string with a \0.
+//!
+//! This function can return several error codes:
+//!   OVERFLOWED: the complete string did not fit in the buffer with an appended null-terminator
+//!   INVALID_FORMAT_STRING: the format string was null
+//!   OTHER_ERROR: another error occurred in an underlying function call
+//! Otherwise SUCCESS is returned.  destination may be modified even in the case of an error.
+//!
+//! This version take a variable argument list
+//!
+//! \param destination: destination to fill with the formatted string
+//! \param maximumSize: size of the buffer represented by destination
+//! \param formatString: format string to fill
+//! \param args: variable arguments list
 //! \return: SUCCESS on successful formatting, OVERFLOWED on overflow, and something else on any error
 FormatStatus stringFormat(char* destination, const FwSizeType maximumSize, const char* formatString, va_list args);
 }
diff --git a/Fw/Types/snprintf_format.cpp b/Fw/Types/snprintf_format.cpp
index 33a994029a..a69355f0e6 100644
--- a/Fw/Types/snprintf_format.cpp
+++ b/Fw/Types/snprintf_format.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <cstdio>
 
+Fw::FormatStatus Fw::stringFormat(char* destination, const FwSizeType maximumSize, const char* formatString, ...) {
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, formatString);
+    FormatStatus status = Fw::stringFormat(destination, maximumSize, formatString, args);
+    va_end(args);
+    return status;
+}
+
 Fw::FormatStatus Fw::stringFormat(char* destination, const FwSizeType maximumSize, const char* formatString, va_list args) {
     Fw::FormatStatus formatStatus = Fw::FormatStatus::SUCCESS;
     // Force null termination in error cases