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diff --git a/docs/narr/project.rst b/docs/narr/project.rst
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@@ -209,19 +209,19 @@ On UNIX:
.. code-block:: bash
- $ $VENV/bin/py.test myproject/tests.py -q
+ $ $VENV/bin/py.test -q
On Windows:
.. code-block:: doscon
- > %VENV%\Scripts\py.test myproject\tests.py -q
+ > %VENV%\Scripts\py.test -q
Here's sample output from a test run on UNIX:
.. code-block:: bash
- $ $VENV/bin/py.test myproject/tests.py -q
+ $ $VENV/bin/py.test -q
..
2 passed in 0.47 seconds
@@ -235,6 +235,26 @@ only two sample tests exist.
to a stream of dots. If you don't pass ``-q``, you'll see verbose test
result output (which normally isn't very useful).
+Alternatively, if you'd like to see test coverage, pass the ``--cov`` option
+to ``py.test``:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ $ $VENV/bin/py.test --cov -q
+
+Scaffolds include configuration defaults for ``py.test`` and test coverage.
+These configuration files are ``pytest.ini`` and ``.coveragerc``, located at
+the root of your package. Without these defaults, we would need to specify the
+path to the module on which we want to run tests and coverage.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ $ $VENV/bin/py.test --cov=myproject myproject/tests.py -q
+
+.. seealso:: See py.test's documentation for :ref:`pytest:usage` or invoke
+ ``py.test -h`` to see its full set of options.
+
+
.. index::
single: running an application
single: pserve