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diff --git a/doc/source/reference/routines.testing.rst b/doc/source/reference/routines.testing.rst
index ad95bb399..5a52a40d6 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/routines.testing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/routines.testing.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _numpy-testing:
+
Test Support (:mod:`numpy.testing`)
===================================
@@ -6,8 +8,9 @@ Test Support (:mod:`numpy.testing`)
Common test support for all numpy test scripts.
This single module should provide all the common functionality for numpy
-tests in a single location, so that test scripts can just import it and
-work right away.
+tests in a single location, so that :ref:`test scripts
+<development-environment>` can just import it and work right away. For
+background, see the :ref:`testing-guidelines`
Asserts
@@ -50,3 +53,10 @@ Test Running
run_module_suite
rundocs
suppress_warnings
+
+Guidelines
+----------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ testing
diff --git a/doc/source/reference/testing.rst b/doc/source/reference/testing.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72780dd44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/reference/testing.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.. _testing-guidelines:
+
+Testing Guidelines
+==================
+
+.. include:: ../../TESTS.rst.txt
+ :start-line: 6