diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Emitter/Model/PEModuleBuilder.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Emitter/Model/PEModuleBuilder.cs
index f785cbbbdb51..f63813d3bbf0 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Emitter/Model/PEModuleBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Emitter/Model/PEModuleBuilder.cs
@@ -1497,14 +1497,14 @@ internal SynthesizedAttributeData SynthesizeNullableAttribute(Symbol symbol, Typ
             type.AddNullableTransforms(flagsBuilder);
 
             Debug.Assert(flagsBuilder.Any());
-            Debug.Assert(flagsBuilder.Contains((byte)NullableAnnotation.NotAnnotated) || flagsBuilder.Contains((byte)NullableAnnotation.Annotated));
+            Debug.Assert(flagsBuilder.Contains(NullableAnnotationExtensions.NotAnnotatedAttributeValue) || flagsBuilder.Contains(NullableAnnotationExtensions.AnnotatedAttributeValue));
 
             WellKnownMember constructor;
             ImmutableArray<TypedConstant> arguments;
             NamedTypeSymbol byteType = Compilation.GetSpecialType(SpecialType.System_Byte);
             Debug.Assert((object)byteType != null);
 
-            if (flagsBuilder.All(flag => flag == (byte)NullableAnnotation.NotAnnotated) || flagsBuilder.All(flag => flag == (byte)NullableAnnotation.Annotated))
+            if (flagsBuilder.All(flag => flag == NullableAnnotationExtensions.NotAnnotatedAttributeValue) || flagsBuilder.All(flag => flag == NullableAnnotationExtensions.AnnotatedAttributeValue))
             {
                 constructor = WellKnownMember.System_Runtime_CompilerServices_NullableAttribute__ctorByte;
                 arguments = ImmutableArray.Create(new TypedConstant(byteType, TypedConstantKind.Primitive, flagsBuilder[0]));
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ internal SynthesizedAttributeData SynthesizeNullableAttribute(Symbol symbol, Typ
 
                 foreach (byte flag in flagsBuilder)
                 {
-                    Debug.Assert(flag == (byte)NullableAnnotation.Oblivious || flag == (byte)NullableAnnotation.NotAnnotated || flag == (byte)NullableAnnotation.Annotated);
+                    Debug.Assert(flag == NullableAnnotationExtensions.ObliviousAttributeValue || flag == NullableAnnotationExtensions.NotAnnotatedAttributeValue || flag == NullableAnnotationExtensions.AnnotatedAttributeValue);
                     constantsBuilder.Add(new TypedConstant(byteType, TypedConstantKind.Primitive, flag));
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/ExtraAnnotations.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/ExtraAnnotations.cs
index b968c6da5585..8a035e42efcc 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/ExtraAnnotations.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/ExtraAnnotations.cs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ private static ImmutableArray<FlowAnalysisAnnotations> Array(params FlowAnalysis
 
         private static ImmutableArray<byte> Nullable(bool isNullable)
         {
-            return ImmutableArray.Create((byte)(isNullable ? NullableAnnotation.Annotated : NullableAnnotation.NotAnnotated));
+            return ImmutableArray.Create(isNullable ? NullableAnnotationExtensions.AnnotatedAttributeValue : NullableAnnotationExtensions.NotAnnotatedAttributeValue);
         }
 
         internal static ImmutableArray<ImmutableArray<byte>> GetExtraAnnotations(string key)
diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/Metadata/PE/PETypeParameterSymbol.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/Metadata/PE/PETypeParameterSymbol.cs
index 0c85c553adbf..c144b14c9871 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/Metadata/PE/PETypeParameterSymbol.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/Metadata/PE/PETypeParameterSymbol.cs
@@ -288,11 +288,11 @@ internal override bool? ReferenceTypeConstraintIsNullable
 
                 if (((PEModuleSymbol)this.ContainingModule).Module.HasNullableAttribute(_handle, out byte transformFlag, out _))
                 {
-                    switch ((NullableAnnotation)transformFlag)
+                    switch (transformFlag)
                     {
-                        case NullableAnnotation.Annotated:
+                        case NullableAnnotationExtensions.AnnotatedAttributeValue:
                             return true;
-                        case NullableAnnotation.NotAnnotated:
+                        case NullableAnnotationExtensions.NotAnnotatedAttributeValue:
                             return false;
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/NullableAnnotation.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/NullableAnnotation.cs
index 0f688d77e0f3..47a18494a8a9 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/NullableAnnotation.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/NullableAnnotation.cs
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols
     internal enum NullableAnnotation : byte
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// The type is not annotated in a context where the nullable feature is not enabled.
-        /// Used for interoperation with existing pre-nullable code.
+        /// Type is not annotated - string, int, T (including the case when T is unconstrained).
         /// </summary>
-        Oblivious,
+        NotAnnotated,
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Type is not annotated - string, int, T (including the case when T is unconstrained).
+        /// The type is not annotated in a context where the nullable feature is not enabled.
+        /// Used for interoperation with existing pre-nullable code.
         /// </summary>
-        NotAnnotated,
+        Oblivious,
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Type is annotated with '?' - string?, T? where T : class; and for int?, T? where T : struct.
diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/NullableAnnotationExtensions.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/NullableAnnotationExtensions.cs
index f901afdfc517..2372c6295398 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/NullableAnnotationExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/NullableAnnotationExtensions.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 using Roslyn.Utilities;
 
+// https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/34962 IDE005 "Fix formatting" does a poor job with a switch expression as the body of an expression-bodied method
+#pragma warning disable IDE0055
+
 namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols
 {
     internal static class NullableAnnotationExtensions
@@ -16,49 +19,51 @@ internal static class NullableAnnotationExtensions
         /// Join nullable annotations from the set of lower bounds for fixing a type parameter.
         /// This uses the covariant merging rules.
         /// </summary>
-        public static NullableAnnotation Join(this NullableAnnotation a, NullableAnnotation b)
-        {
-            if (a.IsAnnotated() || b.IsAnnotated())
-                return NullableAnnotation.Annotated;
-            return (a < b) ? a : b;
-        }
+        public static NullableAnnotation Join(this NullableAnnotation a, NullableAnnotation b) => (a < b) ? b : a;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Meet two nullable annotations for computing the nullable annotation of a type parameter from upper bounds.
         /// This uses the contravariant merging rules.
         /// </summary>
-        public static NullableAnnotation Meet(this NullableAnnotation a, NullableAnnotation b)
-        {
-            if (a.IsNotAnnotated() || b.IsNotAnnotated())
-                return NullableAnnotation.NotAnnotated;
-            return (a < b) ? a : b;
-        }
+        public static NullableAnnotation Meet(this NullableAnnotation a, NullableAnnotation b) => (a < b) ? a : b;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Check that two nullable annotations are "compatible", which means they could be the same. Return the
-        /// nullable annotation to be used as a result.  This uses the invariant merging rules.
+        /// Return the nullable annotation to use when two annotations are expected to be "compatible", which means
+        /// they could be the same. These are the "invariant" merging rules.
         /// </summary>
-        public static NullableAnnotation EnsureCompatible(this NullableAnnotation a, NullableAnnotation b)
-        {
-            if (a.IsOblivious())
-                return b;
-            if (b.IsOblivious())
-                return a;
-            return (a < b) ? a : b;
-        }
+        public static NullableAnnotation EnsureCompatible(this NullableAnnotation a, NullableAnnotation b) =>
+            (a, b) switch
+            {
+                (NullableAnnotation.Oblivious, _) => b,
+                (_, NullableAnnotation.Oblivious) => a,
+                _ => a < b ? a : b,
+            };
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Merges nullability.
         /// </summary>
-        public static NullableAnnotation MergeNullableAnnotation(this NullableAnnotation a, NullableAnnotation b, VarianceKind variance)
-        {
-            return variance switch
+        public static NullableAnnotation MergeNullableAnnotation(this NullableAnnotation a, NullableAnnotation b, VarianceKind variance) =>
+            variance switch
             {
                 VarianceKind.In => a.Meet(b),
                 VarianceKind.Out => a.Join(b),
                 VarianceKind.None => a.EnsureCompatible(b),
                 _ => throw ExceptionUtilities.UnexpectedValue(variance)
             };
-        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The attribute (metadata) representation of <see cref="NullableAnnotation.NotAnnotated"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const byte NotAnnotatedAttributeValue = 1;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The attribute (metadata) representation of <see cref="NullableAnnotation.Annotated"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const byte AnnotatedAttributeValue = 2;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The attribute (metadata) representation of <see cref="NullableAnnotation.Oblivious"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const byte ObliviousAttributeValue = 0;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/Source/SourceTypeParameterSymbol.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/Source/SourceTypeParameterSymbol.cs
index f17bd6406893..3894b1ae4de5 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/Source/SourceTypeParameterSymbol.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/Source/SourceTypeParameterSymbol.cs
@@ -370,9 +370,9 @@ internal override void AddSynthesizedAttributes(PEModuleBuilder moduleBuilder, r
                     ref attributes,
                     moduleBuilder.SynthesizeNullableAttribute(WellKnownMember.System_Runtime_CompilerServices_NullableAttribute__ctorByte,
                                                               ImmutableArray.Create(new TypedConstant(byteType, TypedConstantKind.Primitive,
-                                                                                                      (byte)(this.ReferenceTypeConstraintIsNullable == true ?
-                                                                                                                 NullableAnnotation.Annotated :
-                                                                                                                 NullableAnnotation.NotAnnotated)))));
+                                                                                                      (this.ReferenceTypeConstraintIsNullable == true ?
+                                                                                                                 NullableAnnotationExtensions.AnnotatedAttributeValue :
+                                                                                                                 NullableAnnotationExtensions.NotAnnotatedAttributeValue)))));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/TypeWithAnnotations.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/TypeWithAnnotations.cs
index 0b18c4b70fd4..05b26849e6fe 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/TypeWithAnnotations.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Symbols/TypeWithAnnotations.cs
@@ -551,15 +551,15 @@ public void AddNullableTransforms(ArrayBuilder<byte> transforms)
 
             if (NullableAnnotation.IsOblivious() || typeSymbol.IsValueType)
             {
-                flag = (byte)NullableAnnotation.Oblivious;
+                flag = NullableAnnotationExtensions.ObliviousAttributeValue;
             }
             else if (NullableAnnotation.IsAnnotated())
             {
-                flag = (byte)NullableAnnotation.Annotated;
+                flag = NullableAnnotationExtensions.AnnotatedAttributeValue;
             }
             else
             {
-                flag = (byte)NullableAnnotation.NotAnnotated;
+                flag = NullableAnnotationExtensions.NotAnnotatedAttributeValue;
             }
 
             transforms.Add(flag);
@@ -597,17 +597,17 @@ public bool ApplyNullableTransforms(byte defaultTransformFlag, ImmutableArray<by
                 result = result.WithTypeAndModifiers(newTypeSymbol, result.CustomModifiers);
             }
 
-            switch ((NullableAnnotation)transformFlag)
+            switch (transformFlag)
             {
-                case NullableAnnotation.Annotated:
+                case NullableAnnotationExtensions.AnnotatedAttributeValue:
                     result = result.AsNullableReferenceType();
                     break;
 
-                case NullableAnnotation.NotAnnotated:
+                case NullableAnnotationExtensions.NotAnnotatedAttributeValue:
                     result = result.AsNotNullableReferenceType();
                     break;
 
-                case NullableAnnotation.Oblivious:
+                case NullableAnnotationExtensions.ObliviousAttributeValue:
                     if (result.NullableAnnotation != NullableAnnotation.Oblivious &&
                         !(result.NullableAnnotation.IsAnnotated() && oldTypeSymbol.IsNullableType())) // Preserve nullable annotation on Nullable<T>.
                     {