copy-paste firelizzard18's suggestion

golang/go#71248 (comment)

I basically just copy-pasted and didn't think much. I'm hoping to take
a closer look tomorrow or something

Author: GSmithApps

gopls/internal/golang/hover.go

@@ -258,6 +258,18 @@ func hover(ctx context.Context, snapshot *cache.Snapshot, fh file.Handle, pp pro
 	// The general case: compute hover information for the object referenced by
 	// the identifier at pos.
 	ident, obj, selectedType := referencedObject(pkg, pgf, pos)
+
+	if _, ok := obj.(*types.PkgName); ok {
+		rng, hoverRes, err := hoverPackageIdent(ctx, snapshot, pkg, pgf)
+		if err != nil {
+			return protocol.Range{}, nil, err
+		}
+		if hoverRange == nil {
+			hoverRange = &rng
+		}
+		return *hoverRange, hoverRes, nil // (hoverRes may be nil)
+	}
+
 	if obj == nil || ident == nil {
 		return protocol.Range{}, nil, nil // no object to hover
 	}
@@ -691,11 +703,11 @@ func hoverBuiltin(ctx context.Context, snapshot *cache.Snapshot, obj types.Objec
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// hoverImport computes hover information when hovering over the import path of
+// hoverPackageRef computes hover information when hovering over the import path of
 // imp in the file pgf of pkg.
 //
 // If we do not have metadata for the hovered import, it returns _
-func hoverImport(ctx context.Context, snapshot *cache.Snapshot, pkg *cache.Package, pgf *parsego.File, imp *ast.ImportSpec) (protocol.Range, *hoverResult, error) {
+func hoverPackageRef(ctx context.Context, snapshot *cache.Snapshot, pkg *cache.Package, pgf *parsego.File, imp *ast.ImportSpec) (protocol.Range, *hoverResult, error) {
 	rng, err := pgf.NodeRange(imp.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return protocol.Range{}, nil, err
@@ -745,6 +757,22 @@ func hoverImport(ctx context.Context, snapshot *cache.Snapshot, pkg *cache.Packa
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// hoverImport computes hover information when hovering over the import path of
+// imp in the file pgf of pkg.
+//
+// If we do not have metadata for the hovered import, it returns _
+func hoverImport(ctx context.Context, snapshot *cache.Snapshot, pkg *cache.Package, pgf *parsego.File, imp *ast.ImportSpec) (protocol.Range, *hoverResult, error) {
+	return hoverPackageRef(ctx, snapshot, pkg, pgf, imp)
+}
+
+// hoverPackageIdent computes hover information when hovering over the import path of
+// imp in the file pgf of pkg.
+//
+// If we do not have metadata for the hovered import, it returns _
+func hoverPackageIdent(ctx context.Context, snapshot *cache.Snapshot, pkg *cache.Package, pgf *parsego.File) (protocol.Range, *hoverResult, error) {
+	return hoverPackageRef(ctx, snapshot, pkg, pgf, imp)
+}
+
 // hoverPackageName computes hover information for the package name of the file
 // pgf in pkg.
 func hoverPackageName(pkg *cache.Package, pgf *parsego.File) (protocol.Range, *hoverResult, error) {