diff --git a/doc/source/development/contributing_codebase.rst b/doc/source/development/contributing_codebase.rst
index 9178032c31371..9d26e77082452 100644
--- a/doc/source/development/contributing_codebase.rst
+++ b/doc/source/development/contributing_codebase.rst
@@ -812,7 +812,8 @@ install pandas) by typing::
     your installation is probably fine and you can start contributing!
 
 Often it is worth running only a subset of tests first around your changes before running the
-entire suite.
+entire suite (tip: you can use the [pandas-coverage app](https://pandas-coverage.herokuapp.com/)
+to find out which tests hit the lines of code you've modified, and then run only those).
 
 The easiest way to do this is with::