diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/SnippetFormatter.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/SnippetFormatter.java
index 3827ef95..cc438934 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/SnippetFormatter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/SnippetFormatter.java
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ public List<Replacement> format(
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(
             "comment formatting is only supported for compilation units");
       }
-      return formatter.getFormatReplacements(source, ranges);
     }
     SnippetWrapper wrapper = snippetWrapper(kind, source, initialIndent);
     ranges = offsetRanges(ranges, wrapper.offset);
@@ -215,4 +214,4 @@ private SnippetWrapper snippetWrapper(SnippetKind kind, String source, int initi
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown snippet kind: " + kind);
     }
   }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/SnippetFormatterTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/SnippetFormatterTest.java
index 6cb737d4..5a6f1936 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/SnippetFormatterTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/SnippetFormatterTest.java
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ public void compilationWithComments() throws FormatterException {
                 true);
     assertThat(replacements)
         .containsExactly(
-            Replacement.create(Range.closedOpen(0, 24), "/** a b */\nclass Test {}\n"));
+            Replacement.create(Range.closedOpen(5, 6), " "),
+            Replacement.create(Range.closedOpen(7, 7), " "),
+            Replacement.create(Range.closedOpen(9, 10), "\n        "),
+            Replacement.create(Range.closedOpen(22, 23), ""));
   }
-}
+}
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