diff --git a/demos/tooltip/custom-animation.html b/demos/tooltip/custom-animation.html
index d32bba0d2..d0689a0eb 100644
--- a/demos/tooltip/custom-animation.html
+++ b/demos/tooltip/custom-animation.html
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
 	$(function() {
 		$(".demo").tooltip({
 			show: {
-				effect: "slideDown"
+				effect: "slideDown",
+				delay: 250
 			},
 			hide: {
-				effect: "slideUp"
+				effect: "slideUp",
+				delay: 500
 			}
 		});
 	});
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.tooltip.js b/ui/jquery.ui.tooltip.js
index c481f6264..bbf58c2a1 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.tooltip.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.tooltip.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ $.widget("ui.tooltip", {
 			of: target
 		}, this.options.position ) ).hide();
 
-
+		tooltip.stop( true );
 		this._show( tooltip, this.options.show );
 
 		this._trigger( "open", event );
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ $.widget("ui.tooltip", {
 		var tooltip = this._find( target );
 		target.removeAttr( "aria-describedby" );
 		
-		tooltip.stop();
+		tooltip.stop( true );
 		this._hide( tooltip, this.options.hide, function() {
 			$( this ).remove();
 		});
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
index 9593c1eaf..9634eaa1f 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
@@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ $.each( { show: "fadeIn", hide: "fadeOut" }, function( method, defaultEffect ) {
 		var hasOptions = !$.isEmptyObject( options ),
 			effectName = options.effect || defaultEffect;
 		options.complete = callback;
-
+		if (options.delay) {
+			element.delay( options.delay );
+		}
 		if ( hasOptions && $.effects && $.effects[ effectName ] ) {
 			element[ method ]( options );
 		} else if ( element[ effectName ] ) {