diff --git a/pkg/development/resolver.go b/pkg/development/resolver.go
index 1203a2f021..e61eb74b63 100644
--- a/pkg/development/resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/development/resolver.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/authzed/spicedb/pkg/caveats"
+	"github.com/authzed/spicedb/pkg/namespace"
 	core "github.com/authzed/spicedb/pkg/proto/core/v1"
 	"github.com/authzed/spicedb/pkg/schemadsl/compiler"
 	"github.com/authzed/spicedb/pkg/schemadsl/dslshape"
@@ -143,9 +144,15 @@ func (r *Resolver) ReferenceAtPosition(source input.Source, position input.Posit
 			ColumnPosition: int(def.SourcePosition.ZeroIndexedColumnPosition),
 		}
 
-		targetSourceCode := fmt.Sprintf("definition %s {\n\t// ...\n}", def.Name)
+		docComment := ""
+		comments := namespace.GetComments(def.Metadata)
+		if len(comments) > 0 {
+			docComment = strings.Join(comments, "\n") + "\n"
+		}
+
+		targetSourceCode := fmt.Sprintf("%sdefinition %s {\n\t// ...\n}", docComment, def.Name)
 		if len(def.Relation) == 0 {
-			targetSourceCode = fmt.Sprintf("definition %s {}", def.Name)
+			targetSourceCode = fmt.Sprintf("%sdefinition %s {}", docComment, def.Name)
 		}
 
 		return &SchemaReference{
diff --git a/pkg/development/resolver_test.go b/pkg/development/resolver_test.go
index e735724fda..3e6c18e0f8 100644
--- a/pkg/development/resolver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/development/resolver_test.go
@@ -349,6 +349,56 @@ definition document {
 			column:            5,
 			expectedReference: nil,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "reference to commented type",
+			schema: `
+				/** user is a user */
+				definition user {}
+
+				definition resource {
+					relation viewer: user
+				}
+			`,
+			line:   5,
+			column: 22,
+			expectedReference: &SchemaReference{
+				Source:                   "test",
+				Position:                 input.Position{LineNumber: 5, ColumnPosition: 22},
+				Text:                     "user",
+				ReferenceType:            1,
+				ReferenceMarkdown:        "definition user",
+				TargetSource:             &testSource,
+				TargetPosition:           &input.Position{LineNumber: 2, ColumnPosition: 4},
+				TargetSourceCode:         "/** user is a user */\ndefinition user {}",
+				TargetNamePositionOffset: 11,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "reference to commented relation",
+			schema: `
+				definition user {}
+
+				definition resource {
+					// viewer is a relation for viewing
+					relation viewer: user
+
+					permission view = viewer
+				}
+			`,
+			line:   7,
+			column: 25,
+			expectedReference: &SchemaReference{
+				Source:                   "test",
+				Position:                 input.Position{LineNumber: 7, ColumnPosition: 25},
+				Text:                     "viewer",
+				ReferenceType:            ReferenceTypeRelation,
+				ReferenceMarkdown:        "relation viewer",
+				TargetSource:             &testSource,
+				TargetPosition:           &input.Position{LineNumber: 5, ColumnPosition: 5},
+				TargetSourceCode:         "// viewer is a relation for viewing\nrelation viewer: user\n",
+				TargetNamePositionOffset: 9,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tcs {