diff --git a/docs/templates/pages/javascript.mustache b/docs/templates/pages/javascript.mustache
index 0a3a7aa808..3e558c4f75 100644
--- a/docs/templates/pages/javascript.mustache
+++ b/docs/templates/pages/javascript.mustache
@@ -755,6 +755,9 @@ $('a[data-toggle="tab"]').on('shown', function (e) {
   <h4>.tooltip('toggle')</h4>
   <p>{{_i}}Toggles an element's tooltip.{{/i}}</p>
   <pre class="prettyprint linenums">$('#element').tooltip('toggle')</pre>
+  <h4>.tooltip('destroy')</h4>
+  <p>{{_i}}Destroys an element's tooltip.{{/i}}</p>
+  <pre class="prettyprint linenums">$('#element').tooltip('destroy')</pre>
 </section>
 
 
@@ -821,7 +824,7 @@ $('a[data-toggle="tab"]').on('shown', function (e) {
        <td>{{_i}}trigger{{/i}}</td>
        <td>{{_i}}string{{/i}}</td>
        <td>'hover'</td>
-       <td>{{_i}}how tooltip is triggered{{/i}} - hover | focus | manual</td>
+       <td>{{_i}}how popover is triggered{{/i}} - hover | focus | manual</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>{{_i}}title{{/i}}</td>
@@ -867,6 +870,9 @@ $('a[data-toggle="tab"]').on('shown', function (e) {
   <h4>.popover('toggle')</h4>
   <p>{{_i}}Toggles an elements popover.{{/i}}</p>
   <pre class="prettyprint linenums">$('#element').popover('toggle')</pre>
+  <h4>.popover('destroy')</h4>
+  <p>{{_i}}Destroys an element's popover.{{/i}}</p>
+  <pre class="prettyprint linenums">$('#element').popover('destroy')</pre>
 </section>
 
 
diff --git a/js/bootstrap-popover.js b/js/bootstrap-popover.js
index c6c1f8b473..fe22ecb47c 100644
--- a/js/bootstrap-popover.js
+++ b/js/bootstrap-popover.js
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
       return this.$tip
     }
 
+  , destroy: function () {
+      this.$element.off().removeData('popover')
+    }
+
   })
 
 
diff --git a/js/bootstrap-tooltip.js b/js/bootstrap-tooltip.js
index f5f9fad3f4..f280e36966 100644
--- a/js/bootstrap-tooltip.js
+++ b/js/bootstrap-tooltip.js
@@ -235,6 +235,10 @@
       this[this.tip().hasClass('in') ? 'hide' : 'show']()
     }
 
+  , destroy: function () {
+      this.$element.off().removeData('tooltip')
+    }
+
   }
 
 
diff --git a/js/tests/unit/bootstrap-popover.js b/js/tests/unit/bootstrap-popover.js
index afd6b170b4..6d5d9f7a18 100644
--- a/js/tests/unit/bootstrap-popover.js
+++ b/js/tests/unit/bootstrap-popover.js
@@ -90,4 +90,14 @@ $(function () {
         ok(!$('.popover').length, 'popover was removed')
         $('#qunit-fixture').empty()
       })
+
+      test("should destroy popover", function () {
+        var popover = $('<div/>').popover()
+        ok(popover.data('popover'), 'popover has data')
+        ok(popover.data('events').mouseover && popover.data('events').mouseout, 'popover has hover event')
+        popover.popover('destroy')
+        ok(!popover.data('popover'), 'popover does not have data')
+        ok(!popover.data('events'), 'popover does not have any events')
+      })
+      
 })
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diff --git a/js/tests/unit/bootstrap-tooltip.js b/js/tests/unit/bootstrap-tooltip.js
index 51e03486e6..7852305c1e 100644
--- a/js/tests/unit/bootstrap-tooltip.js
+++ b/js/tests/unit/bootstrap-tooltip.js
@@ -128,4 +128,13 @@ $(function () {
         }, 200)
       })
 
+      test("should destroy tooltip", function () {
+        var tooltip = $('<div/>').tooltip()
+        ok(tooltip.data('tooltip'), 'tooltip has data')
+        ok(tooltip.data('events').mouseover && tooltip.data('events').mouseout, 'tooltip has hover event')
+        tooltip.tooltip('destroy')
+        ok(!tooltip.data('tooltip'), 'tooltip does not have data')
+        ok(!tooltip.data('events'), 'tooltip does not have any events')
+      })
+
 })