diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/CSharp/SplitStringLiteral/SplitStringLiteralCommandHandler.cs b/src/EditorFeatures/CSharp/SplitStringLiteral/SplitStringLiteralCommandHandler.cs
index 23403b2c9398e..583c3a9f2e59a 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/CSharp/SplitStringLiteral/SplitStringLiteralCommandHandler.cs
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/CSharp/SplitStringLiteral/SplitStringLiteralCommandHandler.cs
@@ -92,7 +92,14 @@ public bool ExecuteCommandWorker(ReturnKeyCommandArgs args)
                 }
             }
 
-            IndentationOptions? lazyOptions = null;
+            var document = subjectBuffer.CurrentSnapshot.GetOpenDocumentInCurrentContextWithChanges();
+            if (document == null)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var parsedDocument = ParsedDocument.CreateSynchronously(document, CancellationToken.None);
+            var options = subjectBuffer.GetIndentationOptions(_editorOptionsService, parsedDocument.LanguageServices, explicitFormat: false);
 
             // We now go through the verified string literals and split each of them.
             // The list of spans is traversed in reverse order so we do not have to
@@ -100,53 +107,35 @@ public bool ExecuteCommandWorker(ReturnKeyCommandArgs args)
             // from splitting at earlier caret positions.
             foreach (var span in spans.Reverse())
             {
-                if (!SplitString(textView, subjectBuffer, span.Start.Position, ref lazyOptions, CancellationToken.None))
+                using var transaction = CaretPreservingEditTransaction.TryCreate(
+                CSharpEditorResources.Split_string, textView, _undoHistoryRegistry, _editorOperationsFactoryService);
+
+                var splitter = StringSplitter.TryCreate(parsedDocument, span.Start.Position, options, CancellationToken.None);
+                if (splitter?.TrySplit(out var newRoot, out var newPosition) != true)
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        private bool SplitString(ITextView textView, ITextBuffer subjectBuffer, int position, ref IndentationOptions? lazyOptions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            var document = subjectBuffer.CurrentSnapshot.GetOpenDocumentInCurrentContextWithChanges();
-            if (document == null)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
 
-            lazyOptions ??= subjectBuffer.GetIndentationOptions(_editorOptionsService, document.Project.Services, explicitFormat: false);
+                // apply the change:
+                var newDocument = parsedDocument.WithChangedRoot(newRoot!, CancellationToken.None);
+                subjectBuffer.ApplyChanges(newDocument.GetChanges(parsedDocument));
+                parsedDocument = newDocument;
 
-            using var transaction = CaretPreservingEditTransaction.TryCreate(
-                CSharpEditorResources.Split_string, textView, _undoHistoryRegistry, _editorOperationsFactoryService);
+                // move caret:
+                var snapshotPoint = new SnapshotPoint(
+                    subjectBuffer.CurrentSnapshot, newPosition);
+                var newCaretPoint = textView.BufferGraph.MapUpToBuffer(
+                    snapshotPoint, PointTrackingMode.Negative, PositionAffinity.Predecessor,
+                    textView.TextBuffer);
 
-            var parsedDocument = ParsedDocument.CreateSynchronously(document, CancellationToken.None);
-            var splitter = StringSplitter.TryCreate(parsedDocument, position, lazyOptions.Value, cancellationToken);
-            if (splitter?.TrySplit(out var newRoot, out var newPosition) != true)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            // apply the change:
-            var newDocument = document.WithSyntaxRoot(newRoot!);
-            var workspace = newDocument.Project.Solution.Workspace;
-            workspace.TryApplyChanges(newDocument.Project.Solution);
-
-            // move caret:
-            var snapshotPoint = new SnapshotPoint(
-                subjectBuffer.CurrentSnapshot, newPosition);
-            var newCaretPoint = textView.BufferGraph.MapUpToBuffer(
-                snapshotPoint, PointTrackingMode.Negative, PositionAffinity.Predecessor,
-                textView.TextBuffer);
+                if (newCaretPoint != null)
+                {
+                    textView.Caret.MoveTo(newCaretPoint.Value);
+                }
 
-            if (newCaretPoint != null)
-            {
-                textView.Caret.MoveTo(newCaretPoint.Value);
+                transaction?.Complete();
             }
 
-            transaction?.Complete();
             return true;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/SharedUtilitiesAndExtensions/Workspace/Core/Utilities/ParsedDocument.cs b/src/Workspaces/SharedUtilitiesAndExtensions/Workspace/Core/Utilities/ParsedDocument.cs
index 61a3336f9b59e..c72048048d0c5 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/SharedUtilitiesAndExtensions/Workspace/Core/Utilities/ParsedDocument.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/SharedUtilitiesAndExtensions/Workspace/Core/Utilities/ParsedDocument.cs
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Immutable;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Host;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Shared.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
+using Roslyn.Utilities;
+using static System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames;
+using static Humanizer.In;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
 
@@ -55,4 +60,27 @@ public ParsedDocument WithChangedRoot(SyntaxNode root, CancellationToken cancell
         var text = root.SyntaxTree.GetText(cancellationToken);
         return new ParsedDocument(Id, text, root, HostLanguageServices);
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Equivalent semantics to <see cref="Document.GetTextChangesAsync(Document, CancellationToken)"/>
+    /// </summary>
+    public IEnumerable<TextChange> GetChanges(in ParsedDocument oldDocument)
+    {
+        Contract.ThrowIfFalse(Id == oldDocument.Id);
+
+        if (Text == oldDocument.Text || SyntaxTree == oldDocument.SyntaxTree)
+        {
+            return SpecializedCollections.EmptyEnumerable<TextChange>();
+        }
+
+        var textChanges = Text.GetTextChanges(oldDocument.Text);
+
+        // if changes are significant (not the whole document being replaced) then use these changes
+        if (textChanges.Count > 1 || textChanges.Count == 1 && textChanges[0].Span != new TextSpan(0, oldDocument.Text.Length))
+        {
+            return textChanges;
+        }
+
+        return SyntaxTree.GetChanges(oldDocument.SyntaxTree);
+    }
 }