diff --git a/ILSpy.Tests/Metadata/MetadataRowDetailsTests.cs b/ILSpy.Tests/Metadata/MetadataRowDetailsTests.cs
index 2f0ec9282..061058f4e 100644
--- a/ILSpy.Tests/Metadata/MetadataRowDetailsTests.cs
+++ b/ILSpy.Tests/Metadata/MetadataRowDetailsTests.cs
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ public class MetadataRowDetailsTests
 		editor.IsReadOnly.Should().BeTrue();
 		editor.WordWrap.Should().BeTrue();
 		editor.MaxHeight.Should().Be(400, "the host row must stay bounded; the editor scrolls internally");
+		editor.MinHeight.Should().Be(100, "a short payload must still get a recognisable details area, not a squeezed strip");
 		editor.SyntaxHighlighting.Should().NotBeNull();
 		editor.SyntaxHighlighting!.Name.Should().Be("C#");
 
diff --git a/ILSpy/Metadata/MetadataRowDetails.cs b/ILSpy/Metadata/MetadataRowDetails.cs
index a0bc9607a..a9c584e0d 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Metadata/MetadataRowDetails.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/Metadata/MetadataRowDetails.cs
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Metadata
 		/// in the decompiler-view-styled AvaloniaEdit editor: text payloads are mostly code,
 		/// so they get syntax colours (selected by <paramref name="highlightExtension"/>,
 		/// e.g. ".cs" or ".json"; <see langword="null"/> stays plain) and line virtualization
-		/// keeps large embedded-source documents cheap. Height is bounded so the host row
-		/// cannot grow unbounded; the editor scrolls internally.
+		/// keeps large embedded-source documents cheap. Height is bounded in both directions:
+		/// capped so the host row cannot grow unbounded (the editor scrolls internally), and
+		/// floored so a short payload still reads as a details area rather than a squeezed
+		/// one-line strip.
 		/// </summary>
 		public static Control BuildTextBlob(string text, string? highlightExtension = null)
 		{
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Metadata
 				Text = text,
 				IsReadOnly = true,
 				WordWrap = true,
+				MinHeight = 100,
 				MaxHeight = 400,
 			};
 			if (highlightExtension != null)