autoload/handlers.vim | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 doc/lsp.txt           |  4 +++-
 plugin/lsp.vim        |  4 ++++

diff --git a/autoload/handlers.vim b/autoload/handlers.vim
index 6db5dbd48e28ed73cd23e10ad54e58167853b2d5..665eb69884f77fb02b360709275ae1dca2674d6a 100644
--- a/autoload/handlers.vim
+++ b/autoload/handlers.vim
@@ -302,7 +302,21 @@   else
     ErrMsg('Error: Unsupported hover contents (' .. reply.result.contents .. ')')
     return
   endif
-  hoverText->popup_atcursor({moved: 'word'})
+  if g:LSP_Hover_Reply_In_Preview
+      silent! pedit HoverReply
+      wincmd P
+      setlocal buftype=nofile
+      setlocal bufhidden=delete
+      if !reply.result.contents.kind->empty()
+          exe 'setlocal ft=' .. reply.result.contents.kind
+      endif
+      exe 'normal ggdG'
+      append(0, hoverText)
+      exe 'normal gg'
+      wincmd p
+  else
+      hoverText->popup_atcursor({moved: 'word'})
+  endif
 enddef
 
 # process the 'textDocument/references' reply from the LSP server
diff --git a/doc/lsp.txt b/doc/lsp.txt
index 674bf2bfc2cbf439f60f4349e4772a3fbd7c2de0..dd9da9f9402e4ca8420377e021834085431bb8f0 100644
--- a/doc/lsp.txt
+++ b/doc/lsp.txt
@@ -333,7 +333,9 @@ 			wide symbol search.
 
 						*:LspHover*
 :LspHover		Show the documentation for the symbol under the cursor
-			in a popup window.
+			in a popup window. If you prefer show documentation in
+			a preview window rather a popup set
+			g:LSP_Hover_Reply_In_Preview = v:true .
 
 						*:LspSelectionRange*
 :LspSelectionRange	Visually select the current symbol range.
diff --git a/plugin/lsp.vim b/plugin/lsp.vim
index 572e201cb922d2f7f5c26e22ab6de2d092fff530..5bfa08476d801b9647fcec5ed35a01a155ab6e0b 100644
--- a/plugin/lsp.vim
+++ b/plugin/lsp.vim
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ if !exists('g:LSP_Show_Signature')
   let g:LSP_Show_Signature = v:true
 endif
 
+if !exists('g:LSP_Hover_Reply_In_Preview')
+  let g:LSP_Hover_Reply_In_Preview = v:false
+endif
+
 augroup LSPAutoCmds
   au!
   autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPost *