diff --git a/src/services/organizeImports.ts b/src/services/organizeImports.ts
index be0392a3eba..142bdbe8791 100644
--- a/src/services/organizeImports.ts
+++ b/src/services/organizeImports.ts
@@ -237,7 +237,9 @@ namespace ts.OrganizeImports {
                     ? createNamedImports(sortedImportSpecifiers)
                     : updateNamedImports(namedImports[0].importClause!.namedBindings as NamedImports, sortedImportSpecifiers); // TODO: GH#18217
 
-            // Type-only imports are not allowed to combine
+            // Type-only imports are not allowed to mix default, namespace, and named imports in any combination.
+            // We could rewrite a default import as a named import (`import { default as name }`), but we currently
+            // choose not to as a stylistic preference.
             if (isTypeOnly && newDefaultImport && newNamedImports) {
                 coalescedImports.push(
                     updateImportDeclarationAndClause(importDecl, newDefaultImport, /*namedBindings*/ undefined));
diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/services/organizeImports.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/services/organizeImports.ts
index 149ed1d04b2..6627616a67d 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/services/organizeImports.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/services/organizeImports.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ namespace ts {
                     `import type { x } from "lib";`,
                     `import type * as y from "lib";`,
                     `import type z from "lib";`);
+                // Default import could be rewritten as a named import to combine with `x`,
+                // but seems of debatable merit.
                 const actualCoalescedImports = OrganizeImports.coalesceImports(sortedImports);
                 const expectedCoalescedImports = actualCoalescedImports;
                 assertListEqual(actualCoalescedImports, expectedCoalescedImports);