diff --git a/src-literatetests/tests.blt b/src-literatetests/tests.blt
index d3e3ad5..69bc348 100644
--- a/src-literatetests/tests.blt
+++ b/src-literatetests/tests.blt
@@ -761,6 +761,13 @@ autocheckCases =
     )
   ]
 
+#test issue 18c
+func =
+  [ (abc, (1111, 1111))
+  , (def, (2, 2))
+  , foo -- comment
+  ]
+
 
 ###############################################################################
 ###############################################################################
@@ -770,8 +777,6 @@ autocheckCases =
 ###############################################################################
 ###############################################################################
 
-
-
 ## this testcase is not about idempotency, but about _how_ the output differs
 ## from the input; i cannot really express this yet with the current
 ## test-suite.
diff --git a/src/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Layouters/Expr.hs b/src/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Layouters/Expr.hs
index 009001f..02809c8 100644
--- a/src/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Layouters/Expr.hs
+++ b/src/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Layouters/Expr.hs
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ layoutExpr lexpr@(L _ expr) = docWrapNode lexpr $ case expr of
     unknownNodeError "HsDo{} no comp" lexpr
   ExplicitList _ _ elems@(_:_) -> do
     elemDocs <- elems `forM` docSharedWrapper layoutExpr
+    hasComments <- hasAnyCommentsBelow lexpr
     case splitFirstLast elemDocs of
       FirstLastEmpty -> docSeq
         [ docLit $ Text.pack "["
@@ -594,12 +595,14 @@ layoutExpr lexpr@(L _ expr) = docWrapNode lexpr $ case expr of
           ]
         ]
       FirstLast e1 ems eN ->
-        docAlt
-          [ docSeq
+        docAltFilter
+          [  (,) (not hasComments)
+          $  docSeq
           $  [docLit $ Text.pack "["]
           ++ List.intersperse docCommaSep (docForceSingleline <$> (e1:ems ++ [docNodeAnnKW lexpr (Just AnnOpenS) eN]))
           ++ [docLit $ Text.pack "]"]
-          , let
+          , (,) True
+          $ let
               start = docCols ColList
                         [appSep $ docLit $ Text.pack "[", e1]
               linesM = ems <&> \d ->