diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a206c83..30a85da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ Note that, as stated in the [httpd documentation](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/
 
 A note about contributing: updates should be added/made to `robots.json`. A GitHub action will then generate the updated `robots.txt`, `table-of-bot-metrics.md`, and `.htaccess`.
 
+You can run the tests by [installing](https://www.python.org/about/gettingstarted/) Python 3 and issuing:
+```console
+code/tests.py
+```
+
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