diff --git a/src/features/hoverProvider.ts b/src/features/hoverProvider.ts
index f36dba8ef..2940f63cb 100644
--- a/src/features/hoverProvider.ts
+++ b/src/features/hoverProvider.ts
@@ -7,26 +7,25 @@ import AbstractSupport from './abstractProvider';
 import * as protocol from '../omnisharp/protocol';
 import * as serverUtils from '../omnisharp/utils';
 import { createRequest } from '../omnisharp/typeConversion';
-import { HoverProvider, Hover, TextDocument, CancellationToken, Position } from 'vscode';
-import { GetDocumentationString } from './documentation';
+import { HoverProvider, Hover, TextDocument, CancellationToken, Position, MarkdownString } from 'vscode';
 
 export default class OmniSharpHoverProvider extends AbstractSupport implements HoverProvider {
 
     public async provideHover(document: TextDocument, position: Position, token: CancellationToken): Promise<Hover> {
-
-        let req = createRequest<protocol.TypeLookupRequest>(document, position);
-        req.IncludeDocumentation = true;
-
+        let request = createRequest<protocol.QuickInfoRequest>(document, position);
         try {
-            let value = await serverUtils.typeLookup(this._server, req, token);
-            if (value && value.Type) {
-                let documentation = GetDocumentationString(value.StructuredDocumentation);
-                let contents = [{ language: 'csharp', value: value.Type }, documentation];
-                return new Hover(contents);
+            const response = await serverUtils.getQuickInfo(this._server, request, token);
+            if (!response || !response.Markdown) {
+                return undefined;
             }
+
+            const markdownString = new MarkdownString;
+            markdownString.appendMarkdown(response.Markdown);
+
+            return new Hover(markdownString);
         }
         catch (error) {
-            return undefined; //No hover result could be obtained
+            return undefined;
         }
     }
-}
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+}
diff --git a/src/omnisharp/protocol.ts b/src/omnisharp/protocol.ts
index dcf681d0e..d6cdd6e6d 100644
--- a/src/omnisharp/protocol.ts
+++ b/src/omnisharp/protocol.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export module Requests {
     export const UpdateBuffer = '/updatebuffer';
     export const Metadata = '/metadata';
     export const ReAnalyze = '/reanalyze';
+    export const QuickInfo = '/quickinfo';
 }
 
 export namespace WireProtocol {
@@ -473,6 +474,13 @@ export enum FileChangeType {
     DirectoryDelete = "DirectoryDelete"
 }
 
+export interface QuickInfoRequest extends Request {
+}
+
+export interface QuickInfoResponse {
+    Markdown?: string;
+}
+
 export namespace V2 {
 
     export module Requests {
diff --git a/src/omnisharp/utils.ts b/src/omnisharp/utils.ts
index aed19836c..c5d3bad52 100644
--- a/src/omnisharp/utils.ts
+++ b/src/omnisharp/utils.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import * as protocol from './protocol';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { MSBuildProject } from './protocol';
+import { CancellationToken } from 'vscode-languageserver-protocol';
 
 export async function autoComplete(server: OmniSharpServer, request: protocol.AutoCompleteRequest, token: vscode.CancellationToken) {
     return server.makeRequest<protocol.AutoCompleteResponse[]>(protocol.Requests.AutoComplete, request, token);
@@ -168,6 +169,10 @@ export async function getSemanticHighlights(server: OmniSharpServer, request: pr
     return server.makeRequest<protocol.V2.SemanticHighlightResponse>(protocol.V2.Requests.Highlight, request);
 }
 
+export async function getQuickInfo(server: OmniSharpServer, request: protocol.QuickInfoRequest, token: CancellationToken) {
+    return server.makeRequest<protocol.QuickInfoResponse>(protocol.Requests.QuickInfo, request, token);
+}
+
 export async function isNetCoreProject(project: protocol.MSBuildProject) {
     return project.TargetFrameworks.find(tf => tf.ShortName.startsWith('netcoreapp') || tf.ShortName.startsWith('netstandard')) !== undefined;
 }
diff --git a/test/integrationTests/hoverProvider.integration.test.ts b/test/integrationTests/hoverProvider.integration.test.ts
index dd6e342fc..d6c0e8588 100644
--- a/test/integrationTests/hoverProvider.integration.test.ts
+++ b/test/integrationTests/hoverProvider.integration.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import { should, expect } from 'chai';
 import { activateCSharpExtension, isRazorWorkspace } from './integrationHelpers';
 import testAssetWorkspace from './testAssets/testAssetWorkspace';
 
+export type Test = 'a' | 'b' | ['c', any];
+
 const chai = require('chai');
 chai.use(require('chai-arrays'));
 chai.use(require('chai-fs'));
@@ -40,8 +42,8 @@ suite(`Hover Provider: ${testAssetWorkspace.description}`, function () {
         await vscode.commands.executeCommand("vscode.open", fileUri);
         let c = <vscode.Hover[]>(await vscode.commands.executeCommand("vscode.executeHoverProvider", fileUri, new vscode.Position(10, 29)));
         let answer: string =
-            `Checks if object is tagged with the tag.`;
+            "```csharp\nbool testissue.Compare(int gameObject, string tagName)\n```\n\nChecks if object is tagged with the tag\\.\n\nReturns:\n\n  Returns true if object is tagged with tag\\.";
 
-        expect((<{ language: string; value: string }>c[0].contents[1]).value).to.equal(answer);
+        expect((<{ language: string; value: string }>c[0].contents[0]).value).to.equal(answer);
     });
-});
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+});