diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu-story.js b/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu-story.js
index a35b2248397a..ac75d45bc16f 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu-story.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu-story.js
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions';
 import { withKnobs, boolean, select, text } from '@storybook/addon-knobs';
-import { withReadme } from 'storybook-readme';
 import OverflowMenu from '../OverflowMenu';
 import { OverflowMenu as OGOverflowMenu } from './OverflowMenu';
 import OverflowMenuItem from '../OverflowMenuItem';
-import OverflowREADME from './README.md';
 import mdx from './OverflowMenu.mdx';
+import { Filter16 } from '@carbon/icons-react';
 
 const directions = {
   'Bottom of the trigger button (bottom)': 'bottom',
@@ -70,126 +69,44 @@ export default {
   },
 };
 
-export const Basic = withReadme(OverflowREADME, () => (
-  <OverflowMenu {...props.menu()}>
-    <OverflowMenuItem {...props.menuItem()} itemText="Option 1" />
-    <OverflowMenuItem
-      {...props.menuItem()}
-      itemText="Option 2 is an example of a really long string and how we recommend handling this"
-      requireTitle
-      title="Custom tooltip title"
-    />
-    <OverflowMenuItem {...props.menuItem()} itemText="Option 3" />
-    <OverflowMenuItem {...props.menuItem()} itemText="Option 4" />
-    <OverflowMenuItem
-      {...props.menuItem()}
-      requireTitle
-      itemText="Danger option"
-      hasDivider
-      isDelete
-    />
+export const _Default = () => (
+  <OverflowMenu>
+    <OverflowMenuItem itemText="Stop app" />
+    <OverflowMenuItem itemText="Restart app" />
+    <OverflowMenuItem itemText="Rename app" />
+    <OverflowMenuItem itemText="Edit routes and access" requireTitle />
+    <OverflowMenuItem hasDivider isDelete itemText="Delete app" />
   </OverflowMenu>
-));
-
-Basic.storyName = 'basic';
+);
 
-Basic.parameters = {
-  info: {
-    text: `
-        Overflow Menu is used when additional options are available to the user and there is a space constraint.
-        Create Overflow Menu Item components for each option on the menu.
-      `,
-  },
+_Default.story = {
+  name: 'Overflow Menu',
 };
 
-export const WithLinks = withReadme(OverflowREADME, () => (
-  <OverflowMenu {...props.menu()}>
-    <OverflowMenuItem
-      {...{
-        ...props.menuItem(),
-        href: 'https://www.ibm.com',
-      }}
-      itemText="Option 1"
-    />
-    <OverflowMenuItem
-      {...{
-        ...props.menuItem(),
-        href: 'https://www.ibm.com',
-      }}
-      itemText="Option 2 is an example of a really long string and how we recommend handling this"
-      requireTitle
-    />
-    <OverflowMenuItem
-      {...{
-        ...props.menuItem(),
-        href: 'https://www.ibm.com',
-      }}
-      itemText="Option 3"
-    />
-    <OverflowMenuItem
-      {...{
-        ...props.menuItem(),
-        href: 'https://www.ibm.com',
-      }}
-      itemText="Option 4"
-    />
-    <OverflowMenuItem
-      {...{
-        ...props.menuItem(),
-        href: 'https://www.ibm.com',
-      }}
-      itemText="Danger option"
-      hasDivider
-      isDelete
-    />
+export const RenderCustomIcon = () => (
+  <OverflowMenu renderIcon={Filter16}>
+    <OverflowMenuItem itemText="Filter A" />
+    <OverflowMenuItem itemText="Filter B" />
   </OverflowMenu>
-));
-
-WithLinks.storyName = 'with links';
+);
 
-WithLinks.parameters = {
-  info: {
-    text: `
-        Overflow Menu is used when additional options are available to the user and there is a space constraint.
-        Create Overflow Menu Item components for each option on the menu.
-
-        When given \`href\` props, menu items render as <a> tags to facilitate usability.
-      `,
-  },
-};
-
-export const CustomTrigger = withReadme(OverflowREADME, () => (
-  <OverflowMenu
-    {...{
-      ...props.menu(),
-      ariaLabel: null,
-      style: { width: 'auto' },
-      // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
-      renderIcon: () => <div style={{ padding: '0 1rem' }}>Menu</div>,
-    }}>
+export const Playground = () => (
+  <OverflowMenu {...props.menu()}>
     <OverflowMenuItem {...props.menuItem()} itemText="Option 1" />
     <OverflowMenuItem
       {...props.menuItem()}
       itemText="Option 2 is an example of a really long string and how we recommend handling this"
       requireTitle
+      title="Custom tooltip title"
     />
     <OverflowMenuItem {...props.menuItem()} itemText="Option 3" />
     <OverflowMenuItem {...props.menuItem()} itemText="Option 4" />
     <OverflowMenuItem
       {...props.menuItem()}
+      requireTitle
       itemText="Danger option"
       hasDivider
       isDelete
     />
   </OverflowMenu>
-));
-
-CustomTrigger.storyName = 'custom trigger';
-
-CustomTrigger.parameters = {
-  info: {
-    text: `
-        Sometimes you just want to render something other than an icon
-      `,
-  },
-};
+);
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu.mdx b/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu.mdx
index 7d60fcf2883e..7fdbe304712f 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu.mdx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/OverflowMenu.mdx
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ import { Props } from '@storybook/addon-docs/blocks';
 
 ## Overview
 
+The overflow menu component is a clickable element that contains additional
+options that are available to the user, but there is a space constraint.
+
+### `data-floating-menu-container`
+
+`OverflowMenu` uses React Portals to render the overflow menu into the DOM. To
+determine where in the DOM the menu will be placed, it looks for a parent
+element with the `data-floating-menu-container` attribute. If none parent with
+this attribute is found, the menu will be placed on `document.body`.
+
 ## Component API
 
 <Props />
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/README.md b/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a1ba58b77d6a..000000000000
--- a/packages/react/src/components/OverflowMenu/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-# `OverflowMenu` component
-
-> Overflow Menu is used when additional options are available to the user and
-> there is a space constraint. Create Overflow Menu Item components for each
-> option on the menu.
-
-## Table of Contents
-
-<!-- To run doctoc, just do `npx doctoc README.md` in this directory! -->
-
-<!-- START doctoc generated TOC please keep comment here to allow auto update -->
-
-<!-- DON'T EDIT THIS SECTION, INSTEAD RE-RUN doctoc TO UPDATE -->
-
-- [Installation](#installation)
-- [Usage](#usage)
-
-<!-- END doctoc generated TOC please keep comment here to allow auto update -->
-
-## Installation
-
-This component comes with any installation of the `carbon-components-react`
-package on NPM. You can install this package by running the following in your
-terminal:
-
-```bash
-npm i carbon-components carbon-components-react carbon-icons --save
-# Or, with yarn
-yarn add carbon-components carbon-components-react carbon-icons
-```
-
-## Usage
-
-You can include `OverflowMenu` and `OverflowMenuItem` by doing the following in
-your project:
-
-```js
-import { OverflowMenu, OverflowMenuItem } from 'carbon-components-react';
-```
-
-You can then create the menu by the following:
-
-```js
-<OverflowMenu>
-  <OverflowMenuItem itemText="Option 1" primaryFocus />
-  <OverflowMenuItem itemText="Option 2" />
-  ...
-</OverflowMenu>
-```
-
-There are two important React props:
-
-- `primaryFocus` in `OverflowMenuItem`: This is required for the menu item you
-  put keyboard focus on when `OverflowMenu` gets open
-
-Please refer to
-[our Storybook](http://react.carbondesignsystem.com/?selectedKind=OverflowMenu&selectedStory=basic)
-for more details.
-
-## Note about `<OverflowMenu>` children
-
-Make sure the children of `<OverflowMenu>` are React components that accept
-`ref` as their children - Typically `<OverflowMenuItem>`. Otherwise, you'll get
-an error like:
-
-```
-Warning: Function components cannot be given refs. Attempts to access this ref will fail. Did you mean to use React.forwardRef()?
-```