diff --git a/src/Nri/Ui/Tooltip/V2.elm b/src/Nri/Ui/Tooltip/V2.elm
index 72dccee0..208a971b 100644
--- a/src/Nri/Ui/Tooltip/V2.elm
+++ b/src/Nri/Ui/Tooltip/V2.elm
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Post-release patches:
   - mark customTriggerAttributes as deprecated
   - add containerCss
   - adds `nriDescription` and `testId`
+  - fix <https://github.com/NoRedInk/noredink-ui/issues/766>
 
 Changes from V1:
 
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ type Attribute msg
 
 type alias Tooltip msg =
     { direction : Direction
+    , alignment : Alignment
     , tail : Tail
     , content : List (Html msg)
     , attributes : List (Html.Attribute Never)
@@ -126,7 +128,8 @@ buildAttributes =
         defaultTooltip : Tooltip msg
         defaultTooltip =
             { direction = OnTop
-            , tail = WithTail Middle
+            , alignment = Middle
+            , tail = WithTail
             , content = []
             , attributes = []
             , containerStyles =
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ html content =
 
 
 type Tail
-    = WithTail Alignment
+    = WithTail
     | WithoutTail
 
 
@@ -173,10 +176,6 @@ type Alignment
 
 
 {-| Makes it so that the tooltip does not have a tail!
-
-This will center the tooltip relative to the trigger content, superseding any
-custom alignment set by `alignStart` and `alignEnd`.
-
 -}
 withoutTail : Attribute msg
 withoutTail =
@@ -185,17 +184,7 @@ withoutTail =
 
 withAligment : Alignment -> Attribute msg
 withAligment alignment =
-    Attribute (\config -> { config | tail = WithTail alignment })
-
-
-tailAlignment : Tail -> Alignment
-tailAlignment tail =
-    case tail of
-        WithTail alignment ->
-            alignment
-
-        WithoutTail ->
-            Middle
+    Attribute (\config -> { config | alignment = alignment })
 
 
 {-| Put the tail at the "start" of the tooltip.
@@ -664,7 +653,7 @@ viewOpenTooltip tooltipId config =
     Html.div
         [ Attributes.css
             [ Css.position Css.absolute
-            , positionTooltip config.direction (tailAlignment config.tail)
+            , positionTooltip config.direction config.alignment
             , Css.boxSizing Css.borderBox
             ]
         ]
@@ -684,7 +673,7 @@ viewOpenTooltip tooltipId config =
                  ]
                     ++ config.tooltipStyleOverrides
                 )
-             , pointerBox config.tail config.direction (tailAlignment config.tail)
+             , pointerBox config.tail config.direction config.alignment
 
              -- We need to keep this animation in tests to make it pass: check out
              -- the NoAnimations middleware. So if you change the name here, please
@@ -771,7 +760,7 @@ pointerBox tail direction alignment =
         , Css.border3 (Css.px 1) Css.solid Colors.navy
         , positioning direction alignment
         , case tail of
-            WithTail _ ->
+            WithTail ->
                 tailForDirection direction
 
             WithoutTail ->