diff --git a/src/components/textarea/textarea.component.ts b/src/components/textarea/textarea.component.ts
index 4e73b0297..189bfc0b5 100644
--- a/src/components/textarea/textarea.component.ts
+++ b/src/components/textarea/textarea.component.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ export default class WaTextarea extends LitTextareaMixin(WebAwesomeElement) impl
   static styles: CSSResultGroup = styles;
 
   static shadowRootOptions = {...LitElement.shadowRootOptions, delegatesFocus: true};
-  // static get validators () { return [MirrorValidator] }
+
+  // MirrorValidator uses the internal native `<textarea>`, however, it does have some issues when used with programmatic validation.
+  static get validators () { return [MirrorValidator] }
 
   static get properties () {
     return {