From 3449f99bd3cafcca08c619bc9aeacf198a873a27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 14:52:37 -0500
Subject: More plugin doc tweaks

---
 doc/plugins.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/plugins.rst b/doc/plugins.rst
index d8f4ef5..1fc5c10 100644
--- a/doc/plugins.rst
+++ b/doc/plugins.rst
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ example, let's say you want to use one called fred_plugin.
     plugins =
         fred_plugin
 
+#. If the plugin needs its own configuration, you can add those settings in
+   the .coveragerc file in a section named for the plugin::
+
+    [fred_plugin]
+    option1 = True
+    option2 = abc.foo
+
+   Check the documentation for the plugin to see if it takes any options, and
+   what they are.
+
 #. Run your tests as you usually would.  NOTE: You will see a warning when
    coverage starts::
 
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