Are Wizard spell prep rules too vague?

[Triune]

So I'm introducing a friend of mine to the hobby, and lent him my core book to peruse. He's interested in the wizard, and was a little confused over how the spell prep mechanics worked. Apparently, he thought you prepped a certain number of spells per day, then used your spell slots to cast any of those spells (pretty much like the arcanist works).

I opened up the book and was surprised to find that at no point in the book, as far as I can tell, did it say that a wizard can only cast a spell once for each time he has prepared it. It's implied, but never outright stated. I honestly had trouble pointing to a place in the rules that refuted his interpretation. Maybe this could use a revision in future printings?

[Jeff Merola]

Page 206 of the Core Rulebook:

Choosing a Spell wrote:

First you must choose which spell to cast. If you’re a cleric, druid, experienced paladin, experienced ranger, or wizard, you select from among spells prepared earlier in the day and not yet cast (see Preparing Wizard Spells and Preparing Divine Spells).

[seebs]

That's how arcanist works, also 5e wizard now.

[Triune]

Aaaaand I found it. Tucked away under choosing a spell, not the preparation section. So I guess I'll change my suggestion, maybe the rules could use a succinct summary under the wizard section instead of having them be so scattered about?

[seebs]

All the prep-based classes work the same way, though, which is why there's a unified section for spell prep.