diff --git a/src/lib/index.js b/src/lib/index.js
index 7a650690a02..ed572a0cdcc 100644
--- a/src/lib/index.js
+++ b/src/lib/index.js
@@ -1127,3 +1127,34 @@ lib.pseudoRandom = function() {
     if(Math.abs(randSeed - lastVal) < 429496729) return lib.pseudoRandom();
     return randSeed / 4294967296;
 };
+
+
+/** Fill hover 'pointData' container with 'correct' hover text value
+ *
+ * - If trace hoverinfo contains a 'text' flag and hovertext is not set,
+ *   the text elements will be seen in the hover labels.
+ *
+ * - If trace hoverinfo contains a 'text' flag and hovertext is set,
+ *   hovertext takes precedence over text
+ *   i.e. the hoverinfo elements will be seen in the hover labels
+ *
+ *  @param {object} calcPt
+ *  @param {object} trace
+ *  @param {object || array} contOut (mutated here)
+ */
+lib.fillText = function(calcPt, trace, contOut) {
+    var fill = Array.isArray(contOut) ?
+        function(v) { contOut.push(v); } :
+        function(v) { contOut.text = v; };
+
+    var htx = lib.extractOption(calcPt, trace, 'htx', 'hovertext');
+    if(lib.isValidTextValue(htx)) return fill(htx);
+
+    var tx = lib.extractOption(calcPt, trace, 'tx', 'text');
+    if(lib.isValidTextValue(tx)) return fill(tx);
+};
+
+// accept all truthy values and 0 (which gets cast to '0' in the hover labels)
+lib.isValidTextValue = function(v) {
+    return v || v === 0;
+};
diff --git a/src/plots/gl3d/camera.js b/src/plots/gl3d/camera.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 13fdcaccb33..00000000000
--- a/src/plots/gl3d/camera.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/**
-* Copyright 2012-2019, Plotly, Inc.
-* All rights reserved.
-*
-* This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-* LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-*/
diff --git a/src/traces/bar/hover.js b/src/traces/bar/hover.js
index c6dbce18c78..68d5fb818d7 100644
--- a/src/traces/bar/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/bar/hover.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 var Fx = require('../../components/fx');
 var Registry = require('../../registry');
 var Color = require('../../components/color');
-var fillHoverText = require('../scatter/fill_hover_text');
+
+var fillText = require('../../lib').fillText;
 
 function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
     var barPointData = hoverOnBars(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode);
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ function hoverOnBars(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
     // in case of bars shifted within groups
     pointData[posLetter + 'Spike'] = pa.c2p(di.p, true);
 
-    fillHoverText(di, trace, pointData);
+    fillText(di, trace, pointData);
     pointData.hovertemplate = trace.hovertemplate;
 
     return pointData;
diff --git a/src/traces/barpolar/hover.js b/src/traces/barpolar/hover.js
index 2719f16725e..369c29ffa0c 100644
--- a/src/traces/barpolar/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/barpolar/hover.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 var Fx = require('../../components/fx');
 var Lib = require('../../lib');
 var getTraceColor = require('../bar/hover').getTraceColor;
-var fillHoverText = require('../scatter/fill_hover_text');
+var fillText = Lib.fillText;
 var makeHoverPointText = require('../scatterpolar/hover').makeHoverPointText;
 var isPtInsidePolygon = require('../../plots/polar/helpers').isPtInsidePolygon;
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval) {
     pointData.y0 = pointData.y1 = cdi.ct[1];
 
     var _cdi = Lib.extendFlat({}, cdi, {r: cdi.s, theta: cdi.p});
-    fillHoverText(cdi, trace, pointData);
+    fillText(cdi, trace, pointData);
     makeHoverPointText(_cdi, trace, subplot, pointData);
     pointData.hovertemplate = trace.hovertemplate;
     pointData.color = getTraceColor(trace, cdi);
diff --git a/src/traces/box/hover.js b/src/traces/box/hover.js
index f5dd7f3e722..0d47ca02855 100644
--- a/src/traces/box/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/box/hover.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var Axes = require('../../plots/cartesian/axes');
 var Lib = require('../../lib');
 var Fx = require('../../components/fx');
 var Color = require('../../components/color');
-var fillHoverText = require('../scatter/fill_hover_text');
+var fillText = Lib.fillText;
 
 function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
     var cd = pointData.cd;
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ function hoverOnPoints(pointData, xval, yval) {
     var pLetter = pa._id.charAt(0);
     closePtData[pLetter + 'Spike'] = pa.c2p(di.pos, true);
 
-    fillHoverText(pt, trace, closePtData);
+    fillText(pt, trace, closePtData);
 
     return closePtData;
 }
diff --git a/src/traces/choropleth/hover.js b/src/traces/choropleth/hover.js
index 70211333f51..1071adbcecb 100644
--- a/src/traces/choropleth/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/choropleth/hover.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 var Axes = require('../../plots/cartesian/axes');
 var attributes = require('./attributes');
-var fillHoverText = require('../scatter/fill_hover_text');
+var fillText = require('../../lib').fillText;
 
 module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval) {
     var cd = pointData.cd;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function makeHoverInfo(pointData, trace, pt, axis) {
 
     if(hasZ) text.push(formatter(pt.z));
     if(hasText) {
-        fillHoverText(pt, trace, text);
+        fillText(pt, trace, text);
     }
 
     pointData.extraText = text.join('<br>');
diff --git a/src/traces/ohlc/hover.js b/src/traces/ohlc/hover.js
index 58e67165e6a..8243cacc6a8 100644
--- a/src/traces/ohlc/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/ohlc/hover.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var Axes = require('../../plots/cartesian/axes');
 var Lib = require('../../lib');
 var Fx = require('../../components/fx');
 var Color = require('../../components/color');
-var fillHoverText = require('../scatter/fill_hover_text');
+var fillText = require('../../lib').fillText;
 
 var DIRSYMBOL = {
     increasing: '▲',
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ function hoverOnPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
         getLabelLine('low'),
         getLabelLine('close') + '  ' + DIRSYMBOL[dir]
     ] : [];
-    if(hasText) fillHoverText(di, trace, textParts);
+    if(hasText) fillText(di, trace, textParts);
 
     // don't make .yLabelVal or .text, since we're managing hoverinfo
     // put it all in .extraText
diff --git a/src/traces/pie/calc.js b/src/traces/pie/calc.js
index f918f51ba30..03d7fa81ae3 100644
--- a/src/traces/pie/calc.js
+++ b/src/traces/pie/calc.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var tinycolor = require('tinycolor2');
 
 var Color = require('../../components/color');
 var helpers = require('./helpers');
+var isValidTextValue = require('../../lib').isValidTextValue;
 
 var pieExtendedColorWays = {};
 
@@ -99,8 +100,8 @@ function calc(gd, trace) {
             pt = cd[i];
             thisText = hasLabel ? [pt.label] : [];
             if(hasText) {
-                var texti = helpers.getFirstFilled(trace.text, pt.pts);
-                if(texti) thisText.push(texti);
+                var tx = helpers.getFirstFilled(trace.text, pt.pts);
+                if(isValidTextValue(tx)) thisText.push(tx);
             }
             if(hasValue) thisText.push(helpers.formatPieValue(pt.v, separators));
             if(hasPercent) thisText.push(helpers.formatPiePercent(pt.v / vTotal, separators));
diff --git a/src/traces/pie/plot.js b/src/traces/pie/plot.js
index d940a5ecfb6..71167677eee 100644
--- a/src/traces/pie/plot.js
+++ b/src/traces/pie/plot.js
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ function attachFxHandlers(sliceTop, gd, cd) {
             if(hoverinfo && hoverinfo.indexOf('label') !== -1) thisText.push(pt.label);
             pt.text = helpers.castOption(trace2.hovertext || trace2.text, pt.pts);
             if(hoverinfo && hoverinfo.indexOf('text') !== -1) {
-                var texti = pt.text;
-                if(texti) thisText.push(texti);
+                var tx = pt.text;
+                if(Lib.isValidTextValue(tx)) thisText.push(tx);
             }
             pt.value = pt.v;
             pt.valueLabel = helpers.formatPieValue(pt.v, separators);
diff --git a/src/traces/scatter/fill_hover_text.js b/src/traces/scatter/fill_hover_text.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ca925844e8e..00000000000
--- a/src/traces/scatter/fill_hover_text.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/**
-* Copyright 2012-2019, Plotly, Inc.
-* All rights reserved.
-*
-* This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-* LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-*/
-
-'use strict';
-
-var Lib = require('../../lib');
-
-/** Fill hover 'pointData' container with 'correct' hover text value
- *
- * - If trace hoverinfo contains a 'text' flag and hovertext is not set,
- *   the text elements will be seen in the hover labels.
- *
- * - If trace hoverinfo contains a 'text' flag and hovertext is set,
- *   hovertext takes precedence over text
- *   i.e. the hoverinfo elements will be seen in the hover labels
- *
- *  @param {object} calcPt
- *  @param {object} trace
- *  @param {object || array} contOut (mutated here)
- */
-module.exports = function fillHoverText(calcPt, trace, contOut) {
-    var fill = Array.isArray(contOut) ?
-        function(v) { contOut.push(v); } :
-        function(v) { contOut.text = v; };
-
-    var htx = Lib.extractOption(calcPt, trace, 'htx', 'hovertext');
-    if(isValid(htx)) return fill(htx);
-
-    var tx = Lib.extractOption(calcPt, trace, 'tx', 'text');
-    if(isValid(tx)) return fill(tx);
-};
-
-// accept all truthy values and 0 (which gets cast to '0' in the hover labels)
-function isValid(v) {
-    return v || v === 0;
-}
diff --git a/src/traces/scatter/hover.js b/src/traces/scatter/hover.js
index f75f5308552..a56193059d6 100644
--- a/src/traces/scatter/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/scatter/hover.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var Fx = require('../../components/fx');
 var Registry = require('../../registry');
 var getTraceColor = require('./get_trace_color');
 var Color = require('../../components/color');
-var fillHoverText = require('./fill_hover_text');
+var fillText = Lib.fillText;
 
 module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
     var cd = pointData.cd;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
                 hovertemplate: trace.hovertemplate
             });
 
-            fillHoverText(di, trace, pointData);
+            fillText(di, trace, pointData);
             Registry.getComponentMethod('errorbars', 'hoverInfo')(di, trace, pointData);
 
             return [pointData];
diff --git a/src/traces/scattercarpet/hover.js b/src/traces/scattercarpet/hover.js
index 3f71bd0fbaf..74de3b8c581 100644
--- a/src/traces/scattercarpet/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/scattercarpet/hover.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var scatterHover = require('../scatter/hover');
-var fillHoverText = require('../scatter/fill_hover_text');
+var fillText = require('../../lib').fillText;
 
 module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
     var scatterPointData = scatterHover(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode);
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
         text.push('y: ' + newPointData.yLabel);
 
         if(parts.indexOf('text') !== -1) {
-            fillHoverText(cdi, trace, text);
+            fillText(cdi, trace, text);
         }
 
         newPointData.extraText = text.join('<br>');
diff --git a/src/traces/scattergeo/hover.js b/src/traces/scattergeo/hover.js
index 5aa9ed50c4b..37569731fe1 100644
--- a/src/traces/scattergeo/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/scattergeo/hover.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var Axes = require('../../plots/cartesian/axes');
 var BADNUM = require('../../constants/numerical').BADNUM;
 
 var getTraceColor = require('../scatter/get_trace_color');
-var fillHoverText = require('../scatter/fill_hover_text');
+var fillText = require('../../lib').fillText;
 var attributes = require('./attributes');
 
 module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval) {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function getExtraText(trace, pt, axis, labels) {
     }
 
     if(hasText) {
-        fillHoverText(pt, trace, text);
+        fillText(pt, trace, text);
     }
 
     return text.join('<br>');
diff --git a/src/traces/scattergl/index.js b/src/traces/scattergl/index.js
index c6ea11ee6d4..3a655fdb22f 100644
--- a/src/traces/scattergl/index.js
+++ b/src/traces/scattergl/index.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var setFirstScatter = scatterCalc.setFirstScatter;
 var calcColorscale = require('../scatter/colorscale_calc');
 var linkTraces = require('../scatter/link_traces');
 var getTraceColor = require('../scatter/get_trace_color');
-var fillHoverText = require('../scatter/fill_hover_text');
+var fillText = Lib.fillText;
 var convert = require('./convert');
 
 var BADNUM = require('../../constants/numerical').BADNUM;
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ function calcHover(pointData, x, y, trace) {
     else if(di.tx) pointData.text = di.tx;
     else if(trace.text) pointData.text = trace.text;
 
-    fillHoverText(di, trace, pointData);
+    fillText(di, trace, pointData);
     Registry.getComponentMethod('errorbars', 'hoverInfo')(di, trace, pointData);
 
     return pointData;
diff --git a/src/traces/scattermapbox/hover.js b/src/traces/scattermapbox/hover.js
index b1134016b9a..9dbe52f9775 100644
--- a/src/traces/scattermapbox/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/scattermapbox/hover.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 var Fx = require('../../components/fx');
 var Lib = require('../../lib');
 var getTraceColor = require('../scatter/get_trace_color');
-var fillHoverText = require('../scatter/fill_hover_text');
+var fillText = Lib.fillText;
 var BADNUM = require('../../constants/numerical').BADNUM;
 
 module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval) {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function getExtraText(trace, di, labels) {
     }
 
     if(isAll || parts.indexOf('text') !== -1) {
-        fillHoverText(di, trace, text);
+        fillText(di, trace, text);
     }
 
     return text.join('<br>');
diff --git a/src/traces/sunburst/plot.js b/src/traces/sunburst/plot.js
index 67742e89fc8..e0792ce1aad 100644
--- a/src/traces/sunburst/plot.js
+++ b/src/traces/sunburst/plot.js
@@ -578,7 +578,10 @@ function attachFxHandlers(sliceTop, gd, cd) {
             }
 
             hoverPt.text = _cast('hovertext') || _cast('text');
-            if(hasFlag('text') && hoverPt.text) thisText.push(hoverPt.text);
+            if(hasFlag('text')) {
+                var tx = hoverPt.text;
+                if(Lib.isValidTextValue(tx)) thisText.push(tx);
+            }
 
             Fx.loneHover({
                 trace: traceNow,
@@ -736,7 +739,7 @@ function formatSliceLabel(pt, trace, fullLayout) {
 
     if(hasFlag('text')) {
         var tx = Lib.castOption(trace, cdi.i, 'text');
-        if(tx) thisText.push(tx);
+        if(Lib.isValidTextValue(tx)) thisText.push(tx);
     }
 
     return thisText.join('<br>');
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/display-text_zero-number.png b/test/image/baselines/display-text_zero-number.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07fd3647934
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/image/baselines/display-text_zero-number.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/mocks/display-text_zero-number.json b/test/image/mocks/display-text_zero-number.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebd75c52348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/display-text_zero-number.json
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{
+    "data": [
+        {
+            "name": "pie",
+            "type": "pie",
+            "labels": ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G"],
+            "values": [7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1],
+            "text": [null, "", "0", 0, 1, true, false],
+            "textinfo": "label+text+value",
+            "domain": {
+                "x": [0, 0.48],
+                "y": [0.52, 1]
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "sunburst",
+            "type": "sunburst",
+            "parents": ["", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"],
+            "labels": ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G"],
+            "values": [7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1],
+            "text": [null, "", "0", 0, 1, true, false],
+            "textinfo": "label+text+value",
+            "domain": {
+                "x": [0.52, 1],
+                "y": [0, 0.48]
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "funnel",
+            "type": "funnel",
+            "y": ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G"],
+            "x": [7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1],
+            "text": [null, "", "0", 0, 1, true, false],
+            "textinfo": "label+text+value"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "waterfall",
+            "type": "waterfall",
+            "x": ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G"],
+            "y": [5, -4, 3, -2, 1, null, 3.14],
+            "measure": ["r", "r", "r", "r", "r", "t", "a"],
+            "text": [null, "", "0", 0, 1, true, false],
+            "textinfo": "label+text+final",
+            "textposition": "auto",
+            "xaxis": "x2",
+            "yaxis": "y2"
+        }
+    ],
+    "layout": {
+        "width": 800,
+        "height": 800,
+        "dragmode": "pan",
+        "xaxis": {
+            "domain": [
+                0,
+                0.48
+            ]
+        },
+        "xaxis2": {
+            "anchor": "y2",
+            "domain": [
+                0.52,
+                1
+            ]
+        },
+        "yaxis": {
+            "domain": [
+                0,
+                0.48
+            ]
+        },
+        "yaxis2": {
+            "anchor": "x2",
+            "domain": [
+                0.52,
+                1
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/pie_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/pie_test.js
index 858bf1e51ff..7274a07de1f 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/pie_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/pie_test.js
@@ -998,6 +998,11 @@ describe('pie hovering', function() {
             Lib.clearThrottle();
         }
 
+        function _hover2() {
+            mouseEvent('mouseover', 200, 250);
+            Lib.clearThrottle();
+        }
+
         function assertLabel(content, style, msg) {
             assertHoverLabelContent({nums: content}, msg);
 
@@ -1103,6 +1108,27 @@ describe('pie hovering', function() {
             .then(done);
         });
 
+        it('should show falsy zero text', function(done) {
+            Plotly.plot(gd, {
+                data: [{
+                    type: 'pie',
+                    labels: ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G'],
+                    values: [7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1],
+                    text: [null, '', '0', 0, 1, true, false],
+                    textinfo: 'label+text+value'
+                }],
+                layout: {
+                    width: 400,
+                    height: 400
+                }
+            })
+            .then(_hover2)
+            .then(function() {
+                assertLabel('D\n0\n4\n14.3%');
+            })
+            .then(done);
+        });
+
         it('should use hovertemplate if specified', function(done) {
             mockCopy.data[0].name = '';
             Plotly.plot(gd, mockCopy.data, mockCopy.layout)
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/sunburst_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/sunburst_test.js
index 26f7c7e9a5e..bc5d423572b 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/sunburst_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/sunburst_test.js
@@ -1138,4 +1138,26 @@ describe('Test sunburst interactions edge cases', function() {
         .catch(failTest)
         .then(done);
     });
+
+    it('should show falsy zero text', function(done) {
+        Plotly.plot(gd, {
+            data: [{
+                type: 'sunburst',
+                parents: ['', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'],
+                labels: ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G'],
+                values: [7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1],
+                text: [null, '', '0', 0, 1, true, false],
+                textinfo: 'label+text+value'
+            }],
+            layout: {
+                width: 400,
+                height: 400
+            }
+        })
+        .then(hover(gd, 4))
+        .then(function() {
+            assertHoverLabelContent({ nums: 'D\n4\n0' });
+        })
+        .then(done);
+    });
 });