diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 591e8cee6..1523f7251 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ celerybeat-schedule
 coverage
 coverage.xml
 .coverage
+
+# Ignore tox installation
+.tox
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/testing.md b/docs/testing.md
index 12c5afbe0..40f7d4bd7 100644
--- a/docs/testing.md
+++ b/docs/testing.md
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ The tests will perform an initial run and then re-execute each time a project fi
 To run all Python tests, including linting, sorting, etc:
 
 ```shell
-docker-compose run backend sh -c "./runchecks.sh && pytest tests/"
+% pip install tox
+% tox
 ```
 
 NOTE: For instructions on how to run tests outside of Docker look at [tests/README.md](https://github.com/mozilla/treeherder/blob/master/tests/README.md).