diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/documentSymbol.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/documentSymbol.ts
index abcd43238a1..7145bbd47c3 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/documentSymbol.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/documentSymbol.ts
@@ -66,12 +66,13 @@ class TypeScriptDocumentSymbolProvider implements vscode.DocumentSymbolProvider
 		const children = new Set(item.childItems || []);
 		for (const span of item.spans) {
 			const range = typeConverters.Range.fromTextSpan(span);
+			const selectionRange = item.nameSpan ? typeConverters.Range.fromTextSpan(item.nameSpan) : range;
 			const symbolInfo = new vscode.DocumentSymbol(
 				item.text,
 				'',
 				getSymbolKind(item.kind),
 				range,
-				range);
+				range.contains(selectionRange) ? selectionRange : range);
 
 			for (const child of children) {
 				if (child.spans.some(span => !!range.intersection(typeConverters.Range.fromTextSpan(span)))) {