diff --git a/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/GuideContextDetails.tsx b/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/GuideContextDetails.tsx
index 37f64777d..d78633d81 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/GuideContextDetails.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/GuideContextDetails.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useGuideContext } from "@knocklabs/react-core";
 import { Box, Stack } from "@telegraph/layout";
+import { Tooltip } from "@telegraph/tooltip";
 import { Text } from "@telegraph/typography";
 
 export const GuideContextDetails = () => {
@@ -7,9 +8,30 @@ export const GuideContextDetails = () => {
 
   return (
     <Box py="3" px="3">
-      <Text as="span" size="1" weight="medium">
-        Target params
-      </Text>
+      <Tooltip
+        label={
+          <Text as="span" size="1">
+            The tenant and data payload passed to the guide client that are used
+            for targeting
+            <br />
+            (via the `targetParams` prop to `KnockGuideProvider`)
+          </Text>
+        }
+        delayDuration={500}
+      >
+        <Text
+          as="label"
+          size="1"
+          weight="medium"
+          borderBottom="px"
+          borderStyle="dashed"
+          style={{
+            whiteSpace: "nowrap",
+          }}
+        >
+          Target params
+        </Text>
+      </Tooltip>
       <Stack direction="column" gap="2" mt="2">
         <Stack direction="row" gap="2" align="center">
           <Text
diff --git a/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/GuideRow.tsx b/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/GuideRow.tsx
index 2222f3122..a55daf8ac 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/GuideRow.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/GuideRow.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ import {
   StatusColor,
   GuideAnnotatedStatusDot as StatusDot,
 } from "./GuideAnnotatedStatusDot";
-import { GuideRowDetails } from "./GuideRowDetails";
+import {
+  GuideRowDetails,
+  StatusSummary,
+  getSelectableStatusSummary,
+} from "./GuideRowDetails";
 import { ERROR_MESSAGE } from "./helpers";
 import {
   AnnotatedGuide,
@@ -50,12 +54,6 @@ const Pill = ({
   );
 };
 
-type StatusSummary = {
-  color: StatusColor;
-  label: string;
-  tooltip: string;
-};
-
 const getStatusSummary = (
   guide: AnnotatedGuide | UncommittedGuide,
 ): StatusSummary => {
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ const getStatusSummary = (
     return {
       color: "red",
       label: "Inactive",
-      tooltip: "This guide has never been committed and published yet",
+      description: "This guide has never been committed and published yet",
     };
   }
 
@@ -73,61 +71,49 @@ const getStatusSummary = (
     return {
       color: "red",
       label: "Inactive",
-      tooltip: "This guide is inactive",
+      description: "This guide is inactive",
     };
   }
   if (annotation.archived.status) {
     return {
       color: "red",
       label: "Archived",
-      tooltip: "User has already dismissed this guide",
+      description: "User has already dismissed this guide",
     };
   }
   if (!annotation.targetable.status) {
     return {
       color: "red",
       label: "Not targeted",
-      tooltip: annotation.targetable.message,
+      description: annotation.targetable.message,
     };
   }
+
+  const selectableStatusSummary = getSelectableStatusSummary(
+    annotation.selectable.status,
+  );
+
+  // Prioritize an undefined selectable status ahead of activatable status.
   if (annotation.selectable.status === undefined) {
-    return {
-      color: "red",
-      label: "Not found",
-      tooltip: "No component that can query this guide was found",
-    };
+    return selectableStatusSummary;
   }
+
   if (!annotation.activatable.status) {
     return {
       color: "red",
       label: "Not activated",
-      tooltip: "This guide cannot be activated in the current location",
-    };
-  }
-  if (annotation.selectable.status === "queried") {
-    return {
-      color: "gray",
-      label: "Queued",
-      tooltip: "This guide is queried but is not ready to display",
+      description: "This guide cannot be activated in the current location",
     };
   }
-  if (annotation.selectable.status === "throttled") {
-    return {
-      color: "yellow",
-      label: "Throttled",
-      tooltip:
-        "This guide is queried and ready to display, but throttled currently",
-    };
-  }
-  if (annotation.selectable.status === "returned") {
-    return {
-      color: "blue",
-      label: "Display",
-      tooltip: "This guide is queried and ready to display",
-    };
-  }
-  // Should never happen though.
-  return { color: "red", label: "Unknown status", tooltip: "Unknown status" };
+
+  return {
+    ...selectableStatusSummary,
+
+    // Shorten the label we display here for space.
+    ...(annotation.selectable.status === "returned"
+      ? { label: "Display" }
+      : undefined),
+  };
 };
 
 type StatusDot = {
@@ -156,13 +142,13 @@ const getStatusDots = (
   };
 
   const archived: StatusDot = {
-    color: !annotation.archived.status ? "blue" : "red",
-    tooltip: `Not archived: ${!annotation.archived.status ? "Yes" : "No"}`,
+    color: annotation.archived.status ? "red" : "blue",
+    tooltip: `Archived: ${annotation.archived.status ? "Yes" : "No"}`,
   };
 
   const targetable: StatusDot = {
     color: annotation.targetable.status ? "blue" : "red",
-    tooltip: `Targeted: ${annotation.targetable.status ? "Yes" : "No"}`,
+    tooltip: `Targeting: ${annotation.targetable.status ? "Yes" : "No"}`,
   };
 
   const activatable: StatusDot = {
@@ -170,25 +156,14 @@ const getStatusDots = (
     tooltip: `Activated: ${annotation.activatable.status ? "Yes" : "No"}`,
   };
 
-  let selectable: StatusDot;
-  switch (annotation.selectable.status) {
-    case "returned":
-      selectable = { color: "blue", tooltip: "Ready for display" };
-      break;
-
-    case "throttled":
-      selectable = { color: "yellow", tooltip: "Throttled" };
-      break;
-
-    case "queried":
-      selectable = { color: "gray", tooltip: "Queued" };
-      break;
+  const selectableStatusSummary = getSelectableStatusSummary(
+    annotation.selectable.status,
+  );
 
-    case undefined:
-    default:
-      selectable = { color: "red", tooltip: "Not found" };
-      break;
-  }
+  const selectable = {
+    color: selectableStatusSummary.color,
+    tooltip: selectableStatusSummary.label,
+  };
 
   return { active, archived, targetable, activatable, selectable };
 };
@@ -302,7 +277,7 @@ export const GuideRow = ({ guide, orderIndex, isExpanded, onClick }: Props) => {
         {/* Right section: verdict + pills + focus */}
         <Stack align="center" gap="1_5" style={{ flexShrink: 0 }}>
           {!hasFocus && (
-            <Tooltip label={summary.tooltip}>
+            <Tooltip label={summary.description}>
               <Tag size="0" variant="soft" color={summary.color}>
                 {summary.label}
               </Tag>
diff --git a/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/GuideRowDetails.tsx b/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/GuideRowDetails.tsx
index f4ce5efaa..b7385548a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/GuideRowDetails.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/GuideRowDetails.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { Box, Stack } from "@telegraph/layout";
+import { Tooltip } from "@telegraph/tooltip";
 import { Text } from "@telegraph/typography";
 
 import {
   StatusColor,
   GuideAnnotatedStatusDot as StatusDot,
 } from "./GuideAnnotatedStatusDot";
+import { ERROR_MESSAGE } from "./helpers";
 import {
   AnnotatedGuide,
   UncommittedGuide,
@@ -43,34 +45,65 @@ const StatusRow = ({
   label,
   value,
   color,
+  tooltip,
 }: {
   label: string;
   value: string;
   color: StatusColor;
-}) => (
-  <Stack align="center" gap="1">
-    <StatusDot color={color} tooltip={`${label}: ${value}`} />
-    <Text as="span" size="1" weight="medium">
-      {label}:
-    </Text>
-    <Text as="span" size="1" weight="medium" color={color}>
-      {value}
-    </Text>
-  </Stack>
-);
+  tooltip?: React.ReactNode;
+}) => {
+  return (
+    <Stack align="center" gap="1">
+      <Tooltip enabled={!!tooltip} label={tooltip} delayDuration={500}>
+        <Stack as="span" align="center" gap="1" display="inline-flex">
+          <StatusDot color={color} tooltip={`${label}: ${value}`} />
+          <Text as="span" size="1" weight="medium">
+            {label}:
+          </Text>
+          <Text as="span" size="1" weight="medium" color={color}>
+            {value}
+          </Text>
+        </Stack>
+      </Tooltip>
+    </Stack>
+  );
+};
 
-const getDisplayValue = (
+export type StatusSummary = {
+  color: StatusColor;
+  label: string;
+  description: string;
+};
+
+export const getSelectableStatusSummary = (
   status: "returned" | "throttled" | "queried" | undefined,
-): { value: string; color: StatusColor } => {
+): StatusSummary => {
   switch (status) {
     case "returned":
-      return { value: "Ready to display", color: "blue" };
+      return {
+        label: "Ready to display",
+        color: "blue",
+        description: "This guide is queried and ready to display",
+      };
     case "throttled":
-      return { value: "Throttled", color: "yellow" };
+      return {
+        label: "Throttled",
+        color: "yellow",
+        description:
+          "This guide is queried and ready to display, but throttled currently",
+      };
     case "queried":
-      return { value: "Queued", color: "gray" };
+      return {
+        label: "Queued",
+        color: "gray",
+        description: "This guide is queried but is not ready to display",
+      };
     default:
-      return { value: "Not found", color: "red" };
+      return {
+        label: "Not queried",
+        color: "red",
+        description: `This guide is not queried (${ERROR_MESSAGE.focusUnselectableGuide.toLowerCase()})`,
+      };
   }
 };
 
@@ -90,7 +123,9 @@ export const GuideRowDetails = ({
   }
 
   const { annotation } = guide;
-  const display = getDisplayValue(annotation.selectable.status);
+  const selectableStatusSummary = getSelectableStatusSummary(
+    annotation.selectable.status,
+  );
 
   return (
     <Stack px="3" py="2" gap="2" direction="row" align="flex-start">
@@ -99,16 +134,19 @@ export const GuideRowDetails = ({
           label="Active"
           value={annotation.active.status ? "Yes" : "No"}
           color={annotation.active.status ? "blue" : "red"}
+          tooltip="Eligible if the guide is currently active"
         />
         <StatusRow
-          label="Not archived"
-          value={!annotation.archived.status ? "Yes" : "No"}
-          color={!annotation.archived.status ? "blue" : "red"}
+          label="Archived"
+          value={annotation.archived.status ? "Yes" : "No"}
+          color={annotation.archived.status ? "red" : "blue"}
+          tooltip="Eligible if the guide has not been dismissed/archived by the user already"
         />
         <StatusRow
           label="Targeting"
           value={annotation.targetable.status ? "Yes" : "No"}
           color={annotation.targetable.status ? "blue" : "red"}
+          tooltip="Eligible if the user meets the guide's targeting conditions"
         />
       </CardContainer>
 
@@ -117,11 +155,22 @@ export const GuideRowDetails = ({
           label="Activation"
           value={annotation.activatable.status ? "Yes" : "No"}
           color={annotation.activatable.status ? "blue" : "red"}
+          tooltip="Visible when the user's current location matches the guide's activation rules"
         />
         <StatusRow
           label="Display"
-          value={display.value}
-          color={display.color}
+          value={selectableStatusSummary.label}
+          color={selectableStatusSummary.color}
+          tooltip={
+            <Text as="span" size="1">
+              Visible when the guide is queried via `useGuide(s)` in the current
+              page,
+              <br />
+              and ready to display per its position in the display pipeline:
+              <br />
+              {selectableStatusSummary.description}
+            </Text>
+          }
         />
       </CardContainer>
     </Stack>
diff --git a/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/helpers.ts b/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/helpers.ts
index 8d096af1a..6547a26d5 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/modules/guide/components/Toolbar/V2/helpers.ts
@@ -88,5 +88,5 @@ export const clearRunConfigLS = () => {
 export const ERROR_MESSAGE = {
   focusUnknownGuide: "No such guide exists",
   focusUncommittedGuide: "This guide has not been committed",
-  focusUnselectableGuide: "No component that can render this guide is present",
+  focusUnselectableGuide: "No component that can display this guide is present",
 };