diff --git a/CodeBlocker.Test/TemplateTests.cs b/CodeBlocker.Test/TemplateTests.cs
index 3fd8237..532d287 100644
--- a/CodeBlocker.Test/TemplateTests.cs
+++ b/CodeBlocker.Test/TemplateTests.cs
@@ -886,6 +886,65 @@ public void AConstructorBodyThatWritesOnlyALineCommentIsBraced() =>
 				BodyFactory = codeBlocker => codeBlocker.WriteLine("// no state"),
 			}));
 
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ABodyThatWritesOnlyABlockCommentIsBraced() =>
+		// "void M() /* nothing to do */" has no body at all (CS1002).
+		Assert.AreEqual(
+			"void M()\n{\n\t/* nothing to do */\n}\n",
+			Render(new MethodTemplate
+			{
+				Type = "void",
+				Name = "M",
+				BodyFactory = codeBlocker => codeBlocker.WriteLine("/* nothing to do */"),
+			}));
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ABodyThatWritesOnlyAMultiLineBlockCommentIsBraced() =>
+		Assert.AreEqual(
+			"void M()\n{\n\t/* nothing\n\t   to do */\n}\n",
+			Render(new MethodTemplate
+			{
+				Type = "void",
+				Name = "M",
+				BodyFactory = codeBlocker =>
+				{
+					codeBlocker.WriteLine("/* nothing");
+					codeBlocker.WriteLine("   to do */");
+				},
+			}));
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ABodyThatWritesOnlyBlockAndLineCommentsIsBraced() =>
+		Assert.AreEqual(
+			"C()\n{\n\t/* a */ // b\n}\n",
+			Render(new ConstructorTemplate
+			{
+				Name = "C",
+				BodyFactory = codeBlocker => codeBlocker.WriteLine("/* a */ // b"),
+			}));
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ABodyWithCodeAfterABlockCommentStaysOnTheDeclarationLine() =>
+		Assert.AreEqual(
+			"int M() /* note */ => 1;\n",
+			Render(new MethodTemplate
+			{
+				Type = "int",
+				Name = "M",
+				BodyFactory = codeBlocker => codeBlocker.WriteLine("/* note */ => 1;"),
+			}));
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ABlockCommentOpenerInsideAStringIsCode() =>
+		Assert.AreEqual(
+			"string M() => \"/* not a comment */\";\n",
+			Render(new MethodTemplate
+			{
+				Type = "string",
+				Name = "M",
+				BodyFactory = codeBlocker => codeBlocker.WriteLine("=> \"/* not a comment */\";"),
+			}));
+
 	[TestMethod]
 	public void ABodyThatWritesOnlyAnEmptyPragmaScopeIsBraced() =>
 		Assert.AreEqual(
diff --git a/CodeBlocker/Templates/TemplateRendering.cs b/CodeBlocker/Templates/TemplateRendering.cs
index f993ece..68bf01c 100644
--- a/CodeBlocker/Templates/TemplateRendering.cs
+++ b/CodeBlocker/Templates/TemplateRendering.cs
@@ -463,17 +463,44 @@ private static bool IsCode(string code)
 	private static bool IsDirective(string line) => line.TrimStart().StartsWith('#');
 
 	/// <summary>
-	/// Reports whether any line of a fragment holds code: something other than a line comment or a
-	/// preprocessor directive.
+	/// Reports whether any line of a fragment holds code: something other than a comment, line or
+	/// block, or a preprocessor directive.
 	/// </summary>
 	/// <param name="lines">The lines of a fragment, as <see cref="SplitLines"/> returns them.</param>
 	/// <returns><see langword="true"/> if at least one line has code on it.</returns>
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// The lines are scanned together, so a block comment that spans several lines is not code on
+	/// any of them, and a <c>/*</c> or <c>//</c> inside a string literal is code, not a comment.
+	/// </remarks>
 	private static bool HasCode(string[] lines)
 	{
-		int[] codeEnds = FindCodeEnds(lines);
-		for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++)
+		bool[] inComment = VerbatimStringScanner.FindCommentText(string.Join("\n", lines));
+		int lineStart = 0;
+		foreach (string line in lines)
+		{
+			if (!IsDirective(line) && HasCodeOutsideComments(line, inComment, lineStart))
+			{
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			lineStart += line.Length + 1;
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Reports whether a line has anything other than whitespace outside its comments.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="line">The line to check.</param>
+	/// <param name="inComment">The comment flags for the whole fragment.</param>
+	/// <param name="lineStart">Where <paramref name="line"/> starts in the fragment.</param>
+	/// <returns><see langword="true"/> if the line has code on it.</returns>
+	private static bool HasCodeOutsideComments(string line, bool[] inComment, int lineStart)
+	{
+		for (int i = 0; i < line.Length; i++)
 		{
-			if (IsCode(lines[i][..codeEnds[i]]))
+			if (!inComment[lineStart + i] && !char.IsWhiteSpace(line[i]))
 			{
 				return true;
 			}
diff --git a/CodeBlocker/Templates/VerbatimStringScanner.cs b/CodeBlocker/Templates/VerbatimStringScanner.cs
index 56caf0b..7158b09 100644
--- a/CodeBlocker/Templates/VerbatimStringScanner.cs
+++ b/CodeBlocker/Templates/VerbatimStringScanner.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,24 @@ internal static bool[] FindVerbatimText(string text)
 		return inVerbatimText;
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Marks each character of <paramref name="text"/> that lies inside a comment belonging to the
+	/// code itself: a <c>//</c> line comment or a <c>/* */</c> block comment.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="text">The C# fragment to scan.</param>
+	/// <returns>
+	/// One flag per character of <paramref name="text"/>, true where that character is part of a
+	/// comment, delimiters included. A <c>//</c> or <c>/*</c> inside a string or character literal
+	/// starts no comment. An unterminated block comment runs to the end of the text.
+	/// </returns>
+	internal static bool[] FindCommentText(string text)
+	{
+		bool[] inCommentText = new bool[text.Length];
+		int position = 0;
+		ScanCode(text, ref position, new bool[text.Length], lineCommentStarts: null, inCommentText: inCommentText);
+		return inCommentText;
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Finds the line comments in <paramref name="text"/> that belong to the code itself.
 	/// </summary>
@@ -61,7 +79,11 @@ internal static List<int> FindLineComments(string text)
 	/// they are not wanted, and for an interpolation hole.
 	/// </param>
 	/// <param name="isInterpolationHole">Whether the walk is inside an interpolation hole.</param>
-	private static void ScanCode(string text, ref int position, bool[] inVerbatimText, List<int>? lineCommentStarts, bool isInterpolationHole = false)
+	/// <param name="inCommentText">
+	/// Receives the comment flags, at the top level only; <see langword="null"/> when they are not
+	/// wanted, and for an interpolation hole.
+	/// </param>
+	private static void ScanCode(string text, ref int position, bool[] inVerbatimText, List<int>? lineCommentStarts, bool isInterpolationHole = false, bool[]? inCommentText = null)
 	{
 		int braceDepth = 0;
 		int bracketDepth = 0;
@@ -72,7 +94,7 @@ private static void ScanCode(string text, ref int position, bool[] inVerbatimTex
 				lineCommentStarts.Add(position);
 			}
 
-			if (TrySkipCommentOrLiteral(text, ref position, inVerbatimText))
+			if (TrySkipCommentOrLiteral(text, ref position, inVerbatimText, inCommentText))
 			{
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -139,12 +161,18 @@ private static void SkipFormatSpecifier(string text, ref int position)
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Moves past the comment or literal that starts at <paramref name="position"/>, if one does.
 	/// </summary>
-	private static bool TrySkipCommentOrLiteral(string text, ref int position, bool[] inVerbatimText)
+	/// <param name="text">The C# fragment to scan.</param>
+	/// <param name="position">Where to start, and on return where the skip stopped.</param>
+	/// <param name="inVerbatimText">Receives the verbatim literal flags.</param>
+	/// <param name="inCommentText">Receives the comment flags, or <see langword="null"/> when they are not wanted.</param>
+	private static bool TrySkipCommentOrLiteral(string text, ref int position, bool[] inVerbatimText, bool[]? inCommentText)
 	{
 		char c = text[position];
+		int start = position;
 		if (c == '/' && At(text, position + 1) == '/')
 		{
 			SkipLineComment(text, ref position);
+			MarkComment(inCommentText, start, position);
 			return true;
 		}
 
@@ -152,6 +180,7 @@ private static bool TrySkipCommentOrLiteral(string text, ref int position, bool[
 		{
 			int end = text.IndexOf("*/", position + 2, StringComparison.Ordinal);
 			position = end < 0 ? text.Length : end + 2;
+			MarkComment(inCommentText, start, position);
 			return true;
 		}
 
@@ -187,6 +216,19 @@ private static bool IsClosingBrace(char c, ref int braceDepth)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	private static void MarkComment(bool[]? inCommentText, int start, int end)
+	{
+		if (inCommentText is null)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
+		for (int i = start; i < end; i++)
+		{
+			inCommentText[i] = true;
+		}
+	}
+
 	private static char At(string text, int position) => position < text.Length ? text[position] : '\0';
 
 	private static bool IsLineBreak(char c) => c is '\n' or '\r' or '\u0085' or '\u2028' or '\u2029';