diff --git a/ast/ast.go b/ast/ast.go
index 3e5bc6c..04ef380 100644
--- a/ast/ast.go
+++ b/ast/ast.go
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ func (o *ObjectKey) Pos() token.Pos {
 // token.NUMBER, token.FLOAT, token.BOOL and token.STRING
 type LiteralType struct {
 	Token token.Token
+
+	// associated line comment, only when used in a list
+	LineComment *CommentGroup
 }
 
 func (l *LiteralType) Pos() token.Pos {
diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
index 648f871..7381bd8 100644
--- a/parser/parser.go
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ type Parser struct {
 	sc *scanner.Scanner
 
 	// Last read token
-	tok token.Token
+	tok       token.Token
+	commaPrev token.Token
 
 	comments    []*ast.CommentGroup
 	leadComment *ast.CommentGroup // last lead comment
@@ -147,7 +148,6 @@ func (p *Parser) objectItem() (*ast.ObjectItem, error) {
 		o.LineComment = p.lineComment
 		p.lineComment = nil
 	}
-
 	p.unscan()
 	return o, nil
 }
@@ -253,6 +253,17 @@ func (p *Parser) listType() (*ast.ListType, error) {
 			l.Add(node)
 		case token.COMMA:
 			// get next list item or we are at the end
+			// do a look-ahead for line comment
+			p.scan()
+			if p.lineComment != nil {
+				lit, ok := l.List[len(l.List)-1].(*ast.LiteralType)
+				if ok {
+					lit.LineComment = p.lineComment
+					l.List[len(l.List)-1] = lit
+					p.lineComment = nil
+				}
+			}
+			p.unscan()
 			continue
 		case token.BOOL:
 			// TODO(arslan) should we support? not supported by HCL yet
@@ -299,7 +310,8 @@ func (p *Parser) scan() token.Token {
 		var comment *ast.CommentGroup
 		var endline int
 
-		// fmt.Printf("p.tok.Pos.Line = %+v prev: %d \n", p.tok.Pos.Line, prev.Pos.Line)
+		// fmt.Printf("p.tok.Pos.Line = %+v prev: %d endline %d \n",
+		// p.tok.Pos.Line, prev.Pos.Line, endline)
 		if p.tok.Pos.Line == prev.Pos.Line {
 			// The comment is on same line as the previous token; it
 			// cannot be a lead comment but may be a line comment.
diff --git a/printer/nodes.go b/printer/nodes.go
index 8ca8050..2b8d6ae 100644
--- a/printer/nodes.go
+++ b/printer/nodes.go
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ func (p *printer) collectComments(node ast.Node) {
 	// assigned to any kind of node.
 	ast.Walk(node, func(nn ast.Node) bool {
 		switch t := nn.(type) {
+		case *ast.LiteralType:
+			if t.LineComment != nil {
+				for _, comment := range t.LineComment.List {
+					if _, ok := standaloneComments[comment.Pos()]; ok {
+						delete(standaloneComments, comment.Pos())
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		case *ast.ObjectItem:
 			if t.LeadComment != nil {
 				for _, comment := range t.LeadComment.List {
@@ -83,6 +91,7 @@ func (p *printer) collectComments(node ast.Node) {
 	}
 
 	sort.Sort(ByPosition(p.standaloneComments))
+
 }
 
 // output prints creates b printable HCL output and returns it.
@@ -98,8 +107,6 @@ func (p *printer) output(n interface{}) []byte {
 		var commented bool
 		for {
 			// TODO(arslan): refactor below comment printing, we have the same in objectType
-
-			// print upper leve stand alone comments
 			for _, c := range p.standaloneComments {
 				for _, comment := range c.List {
 					if index != len(t.Items) {
@@ -115,7 +122,6 @@ func (p *printer) output(n interface{}) []byte {
 						}
 
 						buf.WriteString(comment.Text)
-						// TODO(arslan): do not print new lines if the comments are one liner
 
 						buf.WriteByte(newline)
 						if index != len(t.Items) {
@@ -153,6 +159,9 @@ func (p *printer) output(n interface{}) []byte {
 	return buf.Bytes()
 }
 
+// objectItem returns the printable HCL form of an object item. An object type
+// starts with one/multiple keys and has a value. The value might be of any
+// type.
 func (p *printer) objectItem(o *ast.ObjectItem) []byte {
 	defer un(trace(p, fmt.Sprintf("ObjectItem: %s", o.Keys[0].Token.Text)))
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
@@ -187,6 +196,8 @@ func (p *printer) objectItem(o *ast.ObjectItem) []byte {
 	return buf.Bytes()
 }
 
+// objectType returns the printable HCL form of an object type. An object type
+// begins with a brace and ends with a brace.
 func (p *printer) objectType(o *ast.ObjectType) []byte {
 	defer un(trace(p, "ObjectType"))
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
@@ -364,32 +375,53 @@ func (p *printer) alignedItems(items []*ast.ObjectItem) []byte {
 	return buf.Bytes()
 }
 
-func (p *printer) literal(l *ast.LiteralType) []byte {
-	return []byte(l.Token.Text)
-}
-
-// printList prints a HCL list
+// list returns the printable HCL form of an list type.
 func (p *printer) list(l *ast.ListType) []byte {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	buf.WriteString("[")
 
+	var longestLine int
+	for _, item := range l.List {
+		// for now we assume that the list only contains literal types
+		if lit, ok := item.(*ast.LiteralType); ok {
+			lineLen := len(lit.Token.Text)
+			if lineLen > longestLine {
+				longestLine = lineLen
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	for i, item := range l.List {
 		if item.Pos().Line != l.Lbrack.Line {
 			// multiline list, add newline before we add each item
 			buf.WriteByte(newline)
 			// also indent each line
-			buf.Write(p.indent(p.output(item)))
+			val := p.output(item)
+			curLen := len(val)
+			buf.Write(p.indent(val))
+			buf.WriteString(",")
+
+			if lit, ok := item.(*ast.LiteralType); ok && lit.LineComment != nil {
+				for i := 0; i < longestLine-curLen+1; i++ {
+					buf.WriteByte(blank)
+				}
+
+				for _, comment := range lit.LineComment.List {
+					buf.WriteString(comment.Text)
+				}
+			}
+
+			if i == len(l.List)-1 {
+				buf.WriteByte(newline)
+			}
 		} else {
 			buf.Write(p.output(item))
+			if i != len(l.List)-1 {
+				buf.WriteString(",")
+				buf.WriteByte(blank)
+			}
 		}
 
-		if i != len(l.List)-1 {
-			buf.WriteString(",")
-			buf.WriteByte(blank)
-		} else if item.Pos().Line != l.Lbrack.Line {
-			buf.WriteString(",")
-			buf.WriteByte(newline)
-		}
 	}
 
 	buf.WriteString("]")
diff --git a/printer/testdata/comment_aligned.golden b/printer/testdata/comment_aligned.golden
index d4b12b0..16fc6ff 100644
--- a/printer/testdata/comment_aligned.golden
+++ b/printer/testdata/comment_aligned.golden
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@ aligned = {
 	default = {
 		bar = "example"
 	}
+
+	security_groups = [
+		"foo",                                # kenya 1
+		"${aws_security_group.firewall.foo}", # kenya 2
+	]
 }
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diff --git a/printer/testdata/comment_aligned.input b/printer/testdata/comment_aligned.input
index 81ba17d..2233738 100644
--- a/printer/testdata/comment_aligned.input
+++ b/printer/testdata/comment_aligned.input
@@ -13,4 +13,9 @@ aligned {
    default  = {
      bar = "example"
    }
+
+security_groups = [
+	"foo",    # kenya 1
+	"${aws_security_group.firewall.foo}", # kenya 2
+]
 }
diff --git a/printer/testdata/complexhcl.golden b/printer/testdata/complexhcl.golden
index 1e9562e..3bf4e06 100644
--- a/printer/testdata/complexhcl.golden
+++ b/printer/testdata/complexhcl.golden
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ resource aws_instance "web" {
 	ami = "${var.foo}"
 
 	security_groups = [
-		"foo", 
+		"foo",
 		"${aws_security_group.firewall.foo}",
 	]
 
diff --git a/printer/testdata/list.golden b/printer/testdata/list.golden
index 0b949f1..385912f 100644
--- a/printer/testdata/list.golden
+++ b/printer/testdata/list.golden
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ foo = ["fatih", "zeynep",
 ]
 
 foo = [
-	"vim-go", 
-	"golang", 
+	"vim-go",
+	"golang",
 	"hcl",
 ]
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ foo = []
 foo = [1, 2, 3, 4]
 
 foo = [
-	"kenya", 
-	"ethiopia", 
+	"kenya",
+	"ethiopia",
 	"columbia",
 ]
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