diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-breadcrumb/stories/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbWithOverflow.stories.tsx b/packages/react-components/react-breadcrumb/stories/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbWithOverflow.stories.tsx
index 5baeaf4cd3151..d63df92020404 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-breadcrumb/stories/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbWithOverflow.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-breadcrumb/stories/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbWithOverflow.stories.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   tokens,
   Button,
   Menu,
+  MenuItemLink,
   MenuList,
   MenuPopover,
   MenuTrigger,
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ import {
   useOverflowMenu,
   Overflow,
   OverflowItem,
-  MenuItemLink,
   OverflowDivider,
+  Tooltip,
 } from '@fluentui/react-components';
 import {
   CalendarMonthFilled,
@@ -118,6 +119,14 @@ const useExampleStyles = makeStyles({
   },
 });
 
+const useTooltipStyles = makeStyles({
+  tooltip: {
+    whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+    ...shorthands.overflow('hidden'),
+    textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
+  },
+});
+
 const MenuItem: React.FC<{ id: string; item: Item }> = props => {
   const { item, id } = props;
   const isVisible = useIsOverflowItemVisible(id);
@@ -159,27 +168,54 @@ const renderBreadcrumbItem = (el: Item, isLastItem: boolean = false) => {
   );
 };
 
+const getTooltipContent = (breadcrumbItems: readonly Item[] | undefined) => {
+  if (!breadcrumbItems) {
+    return '';
+  }
+  return breadcrumbItems.reduce((acc, initialValue, idx, arr) => {
+    return (
+      <>
+        {acc}
+        {arr[0].item !== initialValue.item && ' > '}
+        {initialValue.item}
+      </>
+    );
+  }, <React.Fragment />);
+};
+
 const OverflowMenu = (props: PartitionBreadcrumbItems<Item>) => {
   const { overflowItems, startDisplayedItems, endDisplayedItems } = props;
   const { ref, isOverflowing, overflowCount } = useOverflowMenu<HTMLButtonElement>();
 
+  const tooltipStyles = useTooltipStyles();
+
   if (!isOverflowing && overflowItems && overflowItems.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
 
   const overflowItemsCount = overflowItems ? overflowItems.length + overflowCount : overflowCount;
+  const tooltipContent =
+    overflowItemsCount > 3
+      ? `${overflowItemsCount} items`
+      : {
+          children: getTooltipContent(overflowItems),
+          className: tooltipStyles.tooltip,
+        };
 
   return (
     <BreadcrumbItem>
       <Menu hasIcons>
         <MenuTrigger disableButtonEnhancement>
-          <Button
-            appearance="subtle"
-            ref={ref}
-            icon={<MoreHorizontal />}
-            aria-label={`${overflowItemsCount} more items`}
-            role="button"
-          />
+          <Tooltip withArrow content={tooltipContent} relationship="label">
+            <Button
+              id="menu"
+              appearance="subtle"
+              ref={ref}
+              icon={<MoreHorizontal />}
+              aria-label={`${overflowCount} more items`}
+              role="button"
+            />
+          </Tooltip>
         </MenuTrigger>
         <MenuPopover>
           <MenuList>
@@ -202,7 +238,7 @@ const BreadcrumbOverflowExample = () => {
   const { startDisplayedItems, overflowItems, endDisplayedItems }: PartitionBreadcrumbItems<Item> =
     partitionBreadcrumbItems({
       items,
-      maxDisplayedItems: 4,
+      maxDisplayedItems: 5,
     });
 
   return (
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-breadcrumb/stories/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbWithTooltip.stories.tsx b/packages/react-components/react-breadcrumb/stories/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbWithTooltip.stories.tsx
index 17d96521ab6af..94cb9e16ecd14 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-breadcrumb/stories/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbWithTooltip.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-breadcrumb/stories/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbWithTooltip.stories.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   BreadcrumbDivider,
   partitionBreadcrumbItems,
   truncateBreadcrumbLongName,
-  truncateBreadcrumLongTooltip,
   isTruncatableBreadcrumbContent,
   makeStyles,
   shorthands,
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ const itemsWithLongNames: Item[] = [
   },
   {
     key: 2,
-    item: "Item 3 is long even for tooltip. Don't think about what you want to be, but what you want to do.",
+    item: "Item 3 is long. Don't think about what you want to be, but what you want to do.",
   },
   {
     key: 3,
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ function renderItem(entry: Item, isLastItem: boolean) {
     <React.Fragment key={`item-${entry.key}`}>
       {isTruncatableBreadcrumbContent(entry.item, 30) ? (
         <BreadcrumbItem>
-          <Tooltip withArrow content={truncateBreadcrumLongTooltip(entry.item)} relationship="label">
+          <Tooltip withArrow content={entry.item} relationship="label">
             <BreadcrumbButton current={isLastItem}>{truncateBreadcrumbLongName(entry.item)}</BreadcrumbButton>
           </Tooltip>
         </BreadcrumbItem>
@@ -134,18 +133,19 @@ const MenuWithTooltip = (props: PartitionBreadcrumbItems<Item>) => {
   if (!isOverflowing && overflowItems && overflowItems.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
+  const overflowItemsLength = overflowItems?.length ?? 0;
+  const tooltipContent =
+    overflowItemsLength > 3
+      ? `${overflowItemsLength} items`
+      : {
+          children: getTooltipContent(overflowItems),
+          className: tooltipStyles.tooltip,
+        };
 
   return (
     <Menu hasIcons>
       <MenuTrigger disableButtonEnhancement>
-        <Tooltip
-          withArrow
-          content={{
-            children: getTooltipContent(overflowItems),
-            className: tooltipStyles.tooltip,
-          }}
-          relationship="label"
-        >
+        <Tooltip withArrow content={tooltipContent} relationship="label">
           <Button
             id="menu"
             appearance="subtle"
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ export const BreadcrumbWithTooltip = () => {
   const itemsLength = itemsWithLongNames.length - 1;
   return (
     <>
-      <h3>Interactive Breadcrumb with a tooltip</h3>
-      <BreadcrumbWithTooltipExample aria-label="interactive-breadcrumb-with-tooltip" />
+      <h3>Breadcrumb with a tooltip</h3>
+      <BreadcrumbWithTooltipExample aria-label="breadcrumb-with-tooltip" />
       <h3>Breadcrumb with long names</h3>
       <Breadcrumb aria-label="breadcrumb-with-long-names">
         {itemsWithLongNames.map(item => renderItem(item, itemsLength === item.key))}