diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/autofixes/Autofixer.ts b/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/autofixes/Autofixer.ts
index 8fec7929155ac0f77718d1d8be18ce7ddb29172c..c16bc57dab826132a090da4ab96c578c978de8e7 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/autofixes/Autofixer.ts
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/autofixes/Autofixer.ts
@@ -2757,15 +2757,12 @@ export class Autofixer {
   fixExponent(exponentNode: ts.Node): Autofix[] | undefined {
     let autofix: Autofix[] = [];
     let replaceText: Autofix = { replacementText: '', start: 0, end: 0 };
-
-    // ts.BinaryExpression
     let callArgs: ts.Expression[] | undefined;
     if (exponentNode.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.CallExpression) {
       callArgs = [...(exponentNode as ts.CallExpression).arguments];
     } else if (exponentNode.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.BinaryExpression) {
       callArgs = [(exponentNode as ts.BinaryExpression).left, (exponentNode as ts.BinaryExpression).right];
     } else {
-      // if we get here - it was an error!
       return undefined;
     }
 
@@ -2784,13 +2781,21 @@ export class Autofixer {
     ) {
       const newAssignment = ts.factory.createAssignment((exponentNode as ts.BinaryExpression).left, newCall);
       replaceText = {
-        replacementText: this.printer.printNode(ts.EmitHint.Unspecified, newAssignment, exponentNode.getSourceFile()),
+        replacementText: this.nonCommentPrinter.printNode(
+          ts.EmitHint.Unspecified,
+          newAssignment,
+          exponentNode.getSourceFile()
+        ),
         start: exponentNode.getStart(),
         end: exponentNode.getEnd()
       };
     } else {
       replaceText = {
-        replacementText: this.printer.printNode(ts.EmitHint.Unspecified, newCall, exponentNode.getSourceFile()),
+        replacementText: this.nonCommentPrinter.printNode(
+          ts.EmitHint.Unspecified,
+          newCall,
+          exponentNode.getSourceFile()
+        ),
         start: exponentNode.getStart(),
         end: exponentNode.getEnd()
       };
diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets
index 3731be6780b463c034d4600620956d2c92f5d13b..c2daf91be2c17e58f44e94d2d5b6c61dfb399668 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ class TestClass {
     // This is a comment.
     arr = [1, 0]; // This is a comment.
 }
+
+function fun(): number {
+    return 2 ** 5  // This is a comment.
+}
diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.arkts2.json b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.arkts2.json
index 9f305c86d7ff705098b1e480818e125d5e6e3a4a..8fc563efed6f817c62a070de14c341bb526266ef 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.arkts2.json
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.arkts2.json
@@ -13,5 +13,16 @@
         "See the License for the specific language governing permissions and",
         "limitations under the License."
     ],
-    "result": []
-}
+    "result": [
+        {
+            "line": 26,
+            "column": 14,
+            "endLine": 26,
+            "endColumn": 16,
+            "problem": "ExponentOp",
+            "suggest": "",
+            "rule": "exponent opartions \"**\" and \"**=\" are disabled (arkts-no-exponent-op)",
+            "severity": "ERROR"
+        }
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.autofix.json b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.autofix.json
index ca88f857e960b437dcf767c0ac40be998c8f1236..be4515ce337569028c57752e535981e502618d2b 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.autofix.json
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.autofix.json
@@ -13,5 +13,27 @@
         "See the License for the specific language governing permissions and",
         "limitations under the License."
     ],
-    "result": []
+    "result": [
+        {
+            "line": 26,
+            "column": 14,
+            "endLine": 26,
+            "endColumn": 16,
+            "problem": "ExponentOp",
+            "autofix": [
+                {
+                    "replacementText": "Math.pow(2, 5)",
+                    "start": 812,
+                    "end": 818,
+                    "line": 26,
+                    "column": 14,
+                    "endLine": 26,
+                    "endColumn": 16
+                }
+            ],
+            "suggest": "",
+            "rule": "exponent opartions \"**\" and \"**=\" are disabled (arkts-no-exponent-op)",
+            "severity": "ERROR"
+        }
+    ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.migrate.ets b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.migrate.ets
index 3731be6780b463c034d4600620956d2c92f5d13b..580b08a736c3a73414231ef8faa9231369f2c5c1 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.migrate.ets
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.migrate.ets
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ class TestClass {
     // This is a comment.
     arr = [1, 0]; // This is a comment.
 }
+
+function fun(): number {
+    return Math.pow(2, 5)  // This is a comment.
+}
diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.migrate.json b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.migrate.json
index ca88f857e960b437dcf767c0ac40be998c8f1236..ea7862b453b6bdffcdd6b82356adbd5653b5cffe 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.migrate.json
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/comment_test.ets.migrate.json
@@ -13,5 +13,16 @@
         "See the License for the specific language governing permissions and",
         "limitations under the License."
     ],
-    "result": []
+    "result": [
+        {
+            "line": 26,
+            "column": 12,
+            "endLine": 26,
+            "endColumn": 26,
+            "problem": "MathPow",
+            "suggest": "",
+            "rule": "function \"Math.pow()\" behavior for ArkTS differs from Typescript version (arkts-math-pow-standard-diff)",
+            "severity": "ERROR"
+        }
+    ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file