diff --git a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/CommentItem.php b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/CommentItem.php
index 6b2378d..7b2c5a3 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/CommentItem.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/CommentItem.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\comment\CommentManagerInterface;
 use Drupal\comment\Entity\CommentType;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Render\Element;
@@ -190,4 +191,11 @@ public function storageSettingsForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state
     return $element;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function generateSampleValue(FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
+    $values['status'] = TRUE;
+    return $values;
+  }
 }