ActionScript 3.0 :: AddEventListener For Mouseover - Displaying Text?

I have a text box that I want to display "tips" in, for example I have a text box with text in it and I added an event listener for mouse over but I realized I have no way to tell the function what text to display. When I try to do something like the following, I just get error messages:

Code:
txtpName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, tipText("This is your name");
public function tipText (tip:String, e:Event):void {
txtTip.text = tip;
}