diff --git a/src/components/fx/hover.js b/src/components/fx/hover.js
index a32ad3f0922..418856f1bef 100644
--- a/src/components/fx/hover.js
+++ b/src/components/fx/hover.js
@@ -839,10 +839,11 @@ function createHoverText(hoverData, opts, gd) {
 
     // show all the individual labels
 
-
     // first create the objects
     var hoverLabels = container.selectAll('g.hovertext')
         .data(hoverData, function(d) {
+            // N.B. when multiple items have the same result key-function value,
+            // only the first of those items in hoverData gets rendered
             return [d.trace.index, d.index, d.x0, d.y0, d.name, d.attr, d.xa, d.ya || ''].join(',');
         });
     hoverLabels.enter().append('g')
@@ -1055,22 +1056,25 @@ function createHoverText(hoverData, opts, gd) {
 // know what happens if the group spans all the way from one edge to
 // the other, though it hardly matters - there's just too much
 // information then.
-function hoverAvoidOverlaps(hoverLabels, ax, fullLayout) {
+function hoverAvoidOverlaps(hoverLabels, axKey, fullLayout) {
     var nummoves = 0;
     var axSign = 1;
     var nLabels = hoverLabels.size();
 
     // make groups of touching points
     var pointgroups = new Array(nLabels);
+    var k = 0;
+
+    hoverLabels.each(function(d) {
+        var ax = d[axKey];
+        var axIsX = ax._id.charAt(0) === 'x';
+        var rng = ax.range;
 
-    hoverLabels.each(function(d, i) {
-        var axis = d[ax];
-        var axIsX = axis._id.charAt(0) === 'x';
-        var rng = axis.range;
-        if(!i && rng && ((rng[0] > rng[1]) !== axIsX)) axSign = -1;
-        pointgroups[i] = [{
+        if(k === 0 && rng && ((rng[0] > rng[1]) !== axIsX)) {
+            axSign = -1;
+        }
+        pointgroups[k++] = [{
             datum: d,
-            i: i,
             traceIndex: d.trace.index,
             dp: 0,
             pos: d.pos,
diff --git a/src/traces/box/hover.js b/src/traces/box/hover.js
index 0d47ca02855..0eac65f7669 100644
--- a/src/traces/box/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/box/hover.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function hoverOnBoxes(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
 
     // box plots: each "point" gets many labels
     var usedVals = {};
-    var attrs = ['med', 'min', 'q1', 'q3', 'max'];
+    var attrs = ['med', 'q1', 'q3', 'min', 'max'];
 
     if(trace.boxmean || (trace.meanline || {}).visible) {
         attrs.push('mean');
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ function hoverOnBoxes(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
         var valPx = vAxis.c2p(val, true);
         var pointData2 = Lib.extendFlat({}, pointData);
 
+        pointData2.attr = attr;
         pointData2[vLetter + '0'] = pointData2[vLetter + '1'] = valPx;
         pointData2[vLetter + 'LabelVal'] = val;
         pointData2[vLetter + 'Label'] = (t.labels ? t.labels[attr] + ' ' : '') + Axes.hoverLabelText(vAxis, val);
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/box_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/box_test.js
index ba5321104b0..998f32ee3cb 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/box_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/box_test.js
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ describe('Test box hover:', function() {
             return fig;
         },
         nums: [
-            'q1: 0.3', 'median: 0.45', 'q3: 0.6', 'max: 1', 'median: 0.55', 'min: 0', 'min: 0.2',
-            'q3: 0.6', 'max: 0.7', 'median: 0.45', 'min: 0.1', 'q3: 0.6', 'max: 0.9'
+            'q1: 0.3', 'median: 0.45', 'q3: 0.6', 'max: 1', 'median: 0.55', 'min: 0', 'q1: 0.1',
+            'q3: 0.6', 'max: 0.7', 'median: 0.45', 'q1: 0.2', 'q3: 0.6', 'max: 0.9'
         ],
         name: [
             '', 'kale', '', '', 'radishes', '', '',
@@ -437,6 +437,23 @@ describe('Test box hover:', function() {
         },
         nums: '0.6',
         name: 'pt #0'
+    }, {
+        desc: 'when zoomed in, within q1-q3 making min/q1 and max/q3 overlap',
+        mock: {
+            data: [{
+                type: 'box',
+                y: [1, 2, 2, 3]
+            }],
+            layout: {
+                yaxis: {range: [1.6, 2.4]},
+                width: 400,
+                height: 400
+            }
+        },
+        pos: [200, 200],
+        nums: ['median: 2', 'q1: 1.5', 'q3: 2.5', 'max: 3', 'min: 1'],
+        name: ['', '', '', '', ''],
+        axis: 'trace 0'
     }].forEach(function(specs) {
         it('should generate correct hover labels ' + specs.desc, function(done) {
             run(specs).catch(failTest).then(done);
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/violin_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/violin_test.js
index ab4bb5ed657..ac794a36b02 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/violin_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/violin_test.js
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ describe('Test violin hover:', function() {
         },
         nums: [
             'q3: 0.6', 'median: 0.45', 'q3: 0.6', 'max: 1', 'y: 0.9266848, kde: 0.383',
-            'median: 0.55', 'min: 0', 'q1: 0.3', 'min: 0.2', 'max: 0.7', 'y: 0.9266848, kde: 0.182',
-            'median: 0.45', 'min: 0.1', 'q3: 0.6', 'max: 0.9', 'y: 0.9266848, kde: 0.435'
+            'median: 0.55', 'min: 0', 'q1: 0.3', 'q1: 0.2', 'max: 0.7', 'y: 0.9266848, kde: 0.182',
+            'median: 0.45', 'q1: 0.1', 'q3: 0.6', 'max: 0.9', 'y: 0.9266848, kde: 0.435'
         ],
         name: [
             '', 'kale', '', '', '', 'radishes', '', '', '', '',
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ describe('Test violin hover:', function() {
         name: ['', '', '', '', '', ''],
         axis: 'Sat',
         hoverLabelPos: [
-            [364, 270], [339, 270], [352, 270],
+            [364, 270], [352, 270], [339, 270],
             [346, 270], [349, 270], [387, 270]
         ]
     }, {
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ describe('Test violin hover:', function() {
 
             actual = actual.sort(function(a, b) { return a[1].top - b[1].top; });
 
-            expect(actual.length).toBe(7, '# of value hover labels');
+            expect(actual.length).toBe(8, '# of value hover labels');
 
             for(var i = 0; i < actual.length - 1; i++) {
                 var a = actual[i];