diff --git a/src/components/Form/FieldGroup/FieldGroupDescription.test.tsx b/src/components/Form/FieldGroup/FieldGroupDescription.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96322dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Form/FieldGroup/FieldGroupDescription.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { userEvent } from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { FieldGroupDescription } from './FieldGroupDescription.tsx';
+
+const DESCRIPTION = 'Explains what this field is for.';
+
+describe('FieldGroupDescription', () => {
+  it('should render nothing without a description', () => {
+    render(<FieldGroupDescription description={null} />);
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('field-description-trigger')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('should show the description when the mouse hovers the icon, without needing a click', async () => {
+    render(<FieldGroupDescription description={DESCRIPTION} />);
+    await userEvent.hover(screen.getByTestId('field-description-trigger'));
+    expect(screen.getByText(DESCRIPTION)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('should hide the description once the mouse leaves the icon', async () => {
+    render(<FieldGroupDescription description={DESCRIPTION} />);
+    const trigger = screen.getByTestId('field-description-trigger');
+    await userEvent.hover(trigger);
+    await userEvent.unhover(trigger);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByText(DESCRIPTION)).not.toBeInTheDocument());
+  });
+
+  it('should stay open while the mouse moves from the icon onto the description', async () => {
+    render(<FieldGroupDescription description={DESCRIPTION} />);
+    await userEvent.hover(screen.getByTestId('field-description-trigger'));
+    await userEvent.hover(screen.getByText(DESCRIPTION));
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 150));
+    expect(screen.getByText(DESCRIPTION)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('should not take focus from the field being typed in when it opens on hover', async () => {
+    render(
+      <>
+        <input aria-label="field" />
+        <FieldGroupDescription description={DESCRIPTION} />
+      </>
+    );
+    const input = screen.getByLabelText('field');
+    input.focus();
+    await userEvent.hover(screen.getByTestId('field-description-trigger'));
+    expect(input).toHaveFocus();
+  });
+
+  it('should keep the description open when a hovering mouse also clicks the icon', async () => {
+    render(<FieldGroupDescription description={DESCRIPTION} />);
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('field-description-trigger'));
+    expect(screen.getByText(DESCRIPTION)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('should still open on a tap, since touch screens cannot hover', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    render(<FieldGroupDescription description={DESCRIPTION} />);
+    await user.pointer({
+      keys: '[TouchA]',
+      pointerName: 'touch',
+      target: screen.getByTestId('field-description-trigger')
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByText(DESCRIPTION)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/Form/FieldGroup/FieldGroupDescription.tsx b/src/components/Form/FieldGroup/FieldGroupDescription.tsx
index aa23489..3bac086 100644
--- a/src/components/Form/FieldGroup/FieldGroupDescription.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Form/FieldGroup/FieldGroupDescription.tsx
@@ -4,14 +4,52 @@ import { CircleHelpIcon } from 'lucide-react';
 
 import { Popover } from '#components';
 
-export const FieldGroupDescription: React.FC<{ description?: null | string }> = ({ description }) =>
-  description ? (
-    <Popover>
-      <Popover.Trigger tabIndex={-1}>
+/** Lets the pointer cross the gap between the icon and the description without closing it. */
+const HOVER_CLOSE_DELAY_MS = 100;
+
+const isMouse = (event: React.PointerEvent) => event.pointerType === 'mouse';
+
+export const FieldGroupDescription: React.FC<{ description?: null | string }> = ({ description }) => {
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = React.useState(false);
+  const closeTimeoutRef = React.useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>(undefined);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => () => clearTimeout(closeTimeoutRef.current), []);
+
+  if (!description) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const openOnHover = (event: React.PointerEvent) => {
+    if (isMouse(event)) {
+      clearTimeout(closeTimeoutRef.current);
+      setIsOpen(true);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const closeOnLeave = (event: React.PointerEvent) => {
+    if (isMouse(event)) {
+      closeTimeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => setIsOpen(false), HOVER_CLOSE_DELAY_MS);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Popover open={isOpen} onOpenChange={setIsOpen}>
+      <Popover.Trigger
+        data-testid="field-description-trigger"
+        tabIndex={-1}
+        // A mouse user has already opened it by hovering, so their click must not toggle it shut.
+        onClick={(event) => isOpen && event.preventDefault()}
+        onPointerEnter={openOnHover}
+        onPointerLeave={closeOnLeave}
+      >
         <CircleHelpIcon className="text-muted-foreground" />
       </Popover.Trigger>
-      <Popover.Content className="text-muted-foreground text-sm">
-        <p>{description}</p>
+      {/* Not focused on open, so hovering the icon cannot pull focus out of a field being typed in. */}
+      <Popover.Content asChild autofocus={false} className="text-muted-foreground text-sm">
+        <div onPointerEnter={openOnHover} onPointerLeave={closeOnLeave}>
+          <p>{description}</p>
+        </div>
       </Popover.Content>
     </Popover>
-  ) : null;
+  );
+};