Let G = (V, E) be a tau-critical graph with tau(G) = t. Erdos and Gallai proved that vertical bar V vertical bar <= 2t and the bound vertical bar E vertical bar <= ( [GRAPHICS] ) was obtained by Erdos, Hajnal, and Moon. We give here the sharp combined bound vertical bar E vertical bar + vertical bar V vertical bar <= ( [GRAPHICS] ) 2 and find all graphs with equality.