diff --git a/README b/README
index 44ede03e1..ef8849696 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ First you need to install py.test, you can use pip:
 
 Then you need to run the tests
 
-  PYTHONPATH=$(pwd) py.test --run-postgresql tests/
+  PYTHONPATH=$(pwd) py.test tests/
+
+It is possible to pass a --without-postgresql-tests parameter to skip the
+PostgreSQL tests.
 
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