diff --git a/packages/react-core/src/components/Popover/Popover.tsx b/packages/react-core/src/components/Popover/Popover.tsx
index 9585a13bf7d..f43ac7f38b4 100644
--- a/packages/react-core/src/components/Popover/Popover.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/components/Popover/Popover.tsx
@@ -205,9 +205,11 @@ export interface PopoverProps {
   shouldOpen?: (event: MouseEvent | KeyboardEvent, showFunction?: () => void) => void;
   /** Flag indicating whether the close button should be shown. */
   showClose?: boolean;
-  /** Sets an interaction to open popover, defaults to "click" */
+  /** @deprecated Sets an interaction to open popover, defaults to "click" */
   triggerAction?: 'click' | 'hover';
-  /** Whether to trap focus in the popover. */
+  /** Whether to trap focus in the popover. When using a triggerAction of "hover", this will be set to false
+   * by default and must remain false.
+   */
   withFocusTrap?: boolean;
   /** The z-index of the popover. */
   zIndex?: number;
@@ -267,7 +269,7 @@ export const Popover: React.FunctionComponent<PopoverProps> = ({
   ],
   animationDuration = 300,
   id,
-  withFocusTrap: propWithFocusTrap,
+  withFocusTrap: propWithFocusTrap = triggerAction === 'hover' ? false : undefined,
   triggerRef,
   hasNoPadding = false,
   hasAutoWidth = false,
diff --git a/packages/react-core/src/components/Popover/examples/Popover.md b/packages/react-core/src/components/Popover/examples/Popover.md
index 7755154fd84..a3017b4f971 100644
--- a/packages/react-core/src/components/Popover/examples/Popover.md
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/components/Popover/examples/Popover.md
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ By default, the `appendTo` prop of the popover will append to the document body
 
 ### Hoverable
 
-```ts file="./PopoverHover.tsx"
+Pass the `triggerAction="hover"` property to make a `<Popover>` that is triggered via hover and focus rather than on click. When using a hoverable Popover, you **must not** include any interactive or semantic content (e.g. buttons, links, headings, lists, etc), as focus is not intended to enter a hoverable `<Popover>`. Including such content may cause an inaccessible UI for users who are not able to reach the content when navigating via assistive tech.
+
+It is instead recommended to use our [tooltip component](/components/tooltip).
+
+```ts isDeprecated file="./PopoverHover.tsx"
 
 ```