diff --git a/src/compiler/types.ts b/src/compiler/types.ts
index 91ce1f1022f..f40237ba47e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/types.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/types.ts
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ namespace ts {
         modifiers?: ModifiersArray;                     // Array of modifiers
         /* @internal */ id?: number;                    // Unique id (used to look up NodeLinks)
         parent?: Node;                                  // Parent node (initialized by binding
-        /* @internal */ jsDocComments?: JSDocComment[];    // JSDoc for the node, if it has any.  Only for .js files.
+        /* @internal */ jsDocComments?: JSDocComment[]; // JSDoc for the node, if it has any.  Only for .js files.
         /* @internal */ symbol?: Symbol;                // Symbol declared by node (initialized by binding)
         /* @internal */ locals?: SymbolTable;           // Locals associated with node (initialized by binding)
         /* @internal */ nextContainer?: Node;           // Next container in declaration order (initialized by binding)
diff --git a/src/services/utilities.ts b/src/services/utilities.ts
index 73ac43911b5..0230195b0cc 100644
--- a/src/services/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/services/utilities.ts
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ namespace ts {
             if (includeJsDocComment) {
                 const jsDocChildren = ts.filter(current.getChildren(), isJSDocNode);
                 for (const jsDocChild of jsDocChildren) {
-                    let start = allowPositionInLeadingTrivia ? jsDocChild.getFullStart() : jsDocChild.getStart(sourceFile, includeJsDocComment);
+                    const start = allowPositionInLeadingTrivia ? jsDocChild.getFullStart() : jsDocChild.getStart(sourceFile, includeJsDocComment);
                     if (start <= position) {
                         let end = jsDocChild.getEnd();
                         if (position < end || (position === end && jsDocChild.kind === SyntaxKind.EndOfFileToken)) {
@@ -500,9 +500,8 @@ namespace ts {
         }
 
         if (node) {
-            let jsDocComments = node.jsDocComments;
-            if (jsDocComments) {
-                for (const jsDocComment of jsDocComments) {
+            if (node.jsDocComments) {
+                for (const jsDocComment of node.jsDocComments) {
                     for (const tag of jsDocComment.tags) {
                         if (tag.pos <= position && position <= tag.end) {
                             return tag;