diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textFileEditorModelManager.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textFileEditorModelManager.ts
index 08c509e9a02cf..ec6d4c95742f6 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textFileEditorModelManager.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textFileEditorModelManager.ts
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ export class TextFileEditorModelManager extends Disposable implements ITextFileE
 						await Promises.settled(modelsToRestore.map(async modelToRestore => {
 
 							// From this moment on, only operate on the canonical resource
-							// to ensure we reduce the chance of opening the same resource
-							// with different resource forms (e.g. path casing on Windows)
+							// to fix a potential data loss issue:
+							// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/211374
 							const target = this.uriIdentityService.asCanonicalUri(modelToRestore.target);
 
 							// restore the model at the target. if we have previous dirty content, we pass it
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/workingCopy/common/storedFileWorkingCopyManager.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/workingCopy/common/storedFileWorkingCopyManager.ts
index eb89d17526425..f445e7d36ddef 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/workingCopy/common/storedFileWorkingCopyManager.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/workingCopy/common/storedFileWorkingCopyManager.ts
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ export class StoredFileWorkingCopyManager<M extends IStoredFileWorkingCopyModel>
 						await Promises.settled(workingCopiesToRestore.map(async workingCopyToRestore => {
 
 							// From this moment on, only operate on the canonical resource
-							// to ensure we reduce the chance of opening the same resource
-							// with different resource forms (e.g. path casing on Windows)
+							// to fix a potential data loss issue:
+							// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/211374
 							const target = this.uriIdentityService.asCanonicalUri(workingCopyToRestore.target);
 
 							// Restore the working copy at the target. if we have previous dirty content, we pass it