diff --git a/app/views/ci/variables/_variable_row.html.haml b/app/views/ci/variables/_variable_row.html.haml
index 5d4229c80af72e6671e35fb8e2cda5cfe7ba46b2..440623b34f58fe2ad82048016ef3a4095c61e793 100644
--- a/app/views/ci/variables/_variable_row.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/ci/variables/_variable_row.html.haml
@@ -43,7 +43,5 @@
           %span.toggle-icon
             = sprite_icon('status_success_borderless', size: 16, css_class: 'toggle-icon-svg toggle-status-checked')
             = sprite_icon('status_failed_borderless', size: 16, css_class: 'toggle-icon-svg toggle-status-unchecked')
-      -# EE-specific start
-      -# EE-specific end
   %button.js-row-remove-button.ci-variable-row-remove-button{ type: 'button', 'aria-label': s_('CiVariables|Remove variable row') }
     = icon('minus-circle')
diff --git a/app/views/import/github/new.html.haml b/app/views/import/github/new.html.haml
index 54ef51b30e3cf20930ddaa075774a1988304b215..c63cf2b31cb454b3882a194d41714a05b3a99dcd 100644
--- a/app/views/import/github/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/import/github/new.html.haml
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
     = text_field_tag :personal_access_token, '', class: 'form-control', placeholder: _('Personal Access Token'), size: 40
     = submit_tag _('List your GitHub repositories'), class: 'btn btn-success'
 
-  -# EE-specific start
-  -# EE-specific end
-
 - unless github_import_configured?
   %hr
   %p
diff --git a/app/views/projects/new.html.haml b/app/views/projects/new.html.haml
index 8cdb0a6aff44e7138f3469b5a5ab70d51981a684..b66e05596038d0ad600fe7f9bc8c11461caee8cd 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/new.html.haml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
         = _('A project is where you house your files (repository), plan your work (issues), and publish your documentation (wiki), %{among_other_things_link}.').html_safe % { among_other_things_link: among_other_things_link }
       %p
         = _('All features are enabled for blank projects, from templates, or when importing, but you can disable them afterward in the project settings.')
-      -# EE-specific start
-      -# EE-specific end
       .md
         = brand_new_project_guidelines
       %p
@@ -43,8 +41,6 @@
           %a{ href: '#import-project-pane', id: 'import-project-tab', data: { toggle: 'tab' }, role: 'tab' }
             %span.hidden-xs Import project
             %span.visible-xs Import
-        -# EE-specific start
-        -# EE-specific end
 
       .tab-content.gitlab-tab-content
         .tab-pane{ id: 'blank-project-pane', class: active_when(active_tab == 'blank'), role: 'tabpanel' }
@@ -110,10 +106,6 @@
                       = render "shared/import_form", f: f
                       = render 'new_project_fields', f: f, project_name_id: "import-url-name"
 
-
-        -# EE-specific start
-        -# EE-specific end
-
 .save-project-loader.hide
   .center
     %h2
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_import_form.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_import_form.html.haml
index 5eaaa1448d5d072eb5e4f986d8846f5d3744432d..3806ead6c873e8ee2255f22225afc80ed31752f7 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_import_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_import_form.html.haml
@@ -17,6 +17,3 @@
         = import_will_timeout_message(ci_cd_only)
       %li
         = import_svn_message(ci_cd_only)
-
--# EE-specific start
--# EE-specific end
diff --git a/doc/development/ee_features.md b/doc/development/ee_features.md
index fea92e740cba1bf9529d1edcd5ec4d581d282e37..cc46720dca277d4b7796fe2d09780aaced11ac9d 100644
--- a/doc/development/ee_features.md
+++ b/doc/development/ee_features.md
@@ -33,6 +33,26 @@ rest of the code should be as close to the CE files as possible.
 
 [single code base]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/2952#note_41016454
 
+### EE-specific comments
+
+When complete separation can't be achieved with the `ee/` directory, you can wrap
+code in EE specific comments to designate the difference from CE/EE and add
+some context for someone resolving a conflict.
+
+```rb
+# EE-specific start
+stub_licensed_features(variable_environment_scope: true)
+# EE specific end
+```
+
+```haml
+-# EE-specific start
+= render 'ci/variables/environment_scope', form_field: form_field, variable: variable
+-# EE-specific end
+```
+
+EE-specific comments should not be backported to CE.
+
 ### Detection of EE-only files
 
 For each commit (except on `master`), the `ee-files-location-check` CI job tries
@@ -405,12 +425,13 @@ to avoid conflicts during CE to EE merge.
   }
 }
 
-/* EE-specific styles */
+// EE-specific start
 .section-body.ee-section-body {
   .section-title {
     background: $gl-header-color-cyan;
   }
 }
+// EE-specific end
 ```
 
 ## gitlab-svgs
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/fixtures/projects.rb b/spec/javascripts/fixtures/projects.rb
index b344b389241d5c6e2250178fac59c179307fb8ef..e8865b04874b5132dd1e5e433b43664c3f6b7489 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/fixtures/projects.rb
+++ b/spec/javascripts/fixtures/projects.rb
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ describe 'Projects (JavaScript fixtures)', type: :controller do
   end
 
   before do
-    # EE-specific start
-    # EE specific end
     project.add_master(admin)
     sign_in(admin)
   end