I ordered the wrong size by mistake.  I was looking for waist 42/44 and mistook the chest size for the waist.  The items were in a package that illustrated the shorts with the uncovered elastic waistband.  The items inside the package were as illustrated in the amazon view..
Previous XL fruit of the loom shorts that my husband wears are a little snug as he is a 44 waist.  but  2XL is way too big.  So, if you are in the upper range of the waist size, these may run somewhat small but the next size is too large.  I'm not sure I'll reorder these as they looked very flimsy.  The ones he is wearing now have held up well, though.