diff --git a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Workspace/Solution/TextDocumentState.cs b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Workspace/Solution/TextDocumentState.cs
index ed6f345035faa083e4d79cac427724963377ef4f..2079e7ebaf6a360cb72233e3221b2bc5a8e01fbb 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Workspace/Solution/TextDocumentState.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Workspace/Solution/TextDocumentState.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,12 @@ protected static ValueSource<TextAndVersion> CreateRecoverableText(TextAndVersio
         {
             var result = new RecoverableTextAndVersion(CreateStrongText(text), services.TemporaryStorage);
 
-            // Ensure the recoverable text is saved in temporary storage
+            // This RecoverableTextAndVersion is created directly from a TextAndVersion instance. In its initial state,
+            // the RecoverableTextAndVersion keeps a strong reference to the initial TextAndVersion, and only
+            // transitions to a weak reference backed by temporary storage after the first time GetValue (or
+            // GetValueAsync) is called. Since we know we are creating a RecoverableTextAndVersion for the purpose of
+            // avoiding problematic address space overhead, we call GetValue immediately to force the object to weakly
+            // hold its data from the start.
             result.GetValue();
 
             return result;