diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/UseStdMinMaxCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/UseStdMinMaxCheck.cpp
index ed1af05d232c..38e6dfb5328f 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/UseStdMinMaxCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/UseStdMinMaxCheck.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void UseStdMinMaxCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
   const auto *BinaryOp = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<BinaryOperator>("binaryOp");
   const BinaryOperatorKind BinaryOpcode = BinaryOp->getOpcode();
   const SourceLocation IfLocation = If->getIfLoc();
-  const SourceLocation ThenLocation = If->getEndLoc();
+  SourceLocation ThenLocation = If->getEndLoc();
 
   auto ReplaceAndDiagnose = [&](const StringRef FunctionName) {
     const SourceManager &Source = *Result.SourceManager;
@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ void UseStdMinMaxCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
       if (Semi != StringRef::npos && PostInner.take_front(Semi).trim().empty())
         PostInner = PostInner.drop_front(Semi + 1);
       AppendNormalized(PostInner);
+    } else if (const auto SemiTok =
+                   Lexer::findNextToken(ThenLocation, Source, LO);
+               SemiTok && SemiTok->is(tok::semi)) {
+      AppendNormalized(
+          GetSourceText(ThenLocation, SemiTok->getLocation()).rtrim());
+      ThenLocation = SemiTok->getLocation();
     }
 
     diag(IfLocation, "use `%0` instead of `%1`")
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 9a5a23f3d854..66ce08534cae 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ Changes in existing checks
   exclusively for overload resolution. Added the :option:`IgnoredTypes`
   option to allow customizing the set of ignored types.
 
+- Improved :doc:`readability-use-std-min-max
+  <clang-tidy/checks/readability/use-std-min-max>` check by fixing spurious
+  trailing semicolons and lost comments when the ``if`` body has no braces.
+
 Removed checks
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/use-std-min-max.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/use-std-min-max.cpp
index 35570189e112..ebc3783e8465 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/use-std-min-max.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/use-std-min-max.cpp
@@ -253,6 +253,18 @@ void testVectorSizeType() {
     value = v.size();
 }
 
+namespace gh208708 {
+void f(int &n) {
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE+2]]:3: warning: use `std::max` instead of `<`
+  // CHECK-FIXES: n = std::max(n, -1);
+  if (n < -1) n = -1 ;
+
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE+2]]:3: warning: use `std::min` instead of `>`
+  // CHECK-FIXES: n = std::min(n, 1); /*use clamp when c++17 or later is enabled*/
+  if (n > 1) n = 1/*use clamp when c++17 or later is enabled*/;
+}
+} // namespace gh208708
+
 namespace gh121676 {
 
 void useLeft() {