A method and system for displaying comment documents within a parent document. to the parent document allows the user to enter content to be included in the comment. In response to indication that the entered comment should be saved, the comment contents are captured and stored into a newly created comment document associated with the parent document. The comment document contents are presented through a display region within the user interface to the parent document. In response to detection of a transition of a parent document from a state in which comments can be added to a state in which comments cannot be added, comment documents associated with the parent document are located, and the contents of those comment documents are copied into the parent document such that they are displayed as part of the parent document, and all associated comment documents for that parent document are deleted.