diff --git a/vsintegration/src/FSharp.Editor/Common/CommonHelpers.fs b/vsintegration/src/FSharp.Editor/Common/CommonHelpers.fs
index c9569ebd1a3..57d15f9acd7 100644
--- a/vsintegration/src/FSharp.Editor/Common/CommonHelpers.fs
+++ b/vsintegration/src/FSharp.Editor/Common/CommonHelpers.fs
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ module internal Extensions =
         member this.IsPrivateToFile = 
             let isPrivate =
                 match this.Symbol with
-                | :? FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue as m -> not m.IsModuleValueOrMember
+                | :? FSharpMemberOrFunctionOrValue as m -> not m.IsModuleValueOrMember || m.Accessibility.IsPrivate
                 | :? FSharpEntity as m -> m.Accessibility.IsPrivate
                 | :? FSharpGenericParameter -> true
                 | :? FSharpUnionCase as m -> m.Accessibility.IsPrivate