diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a58d3bf3..3efadd1d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/tqdm/tqdm.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/tqdm/tqdm)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/tqdm/tqdm/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/r/tqdm/tqdm)
 
-Instantly make your loops show a progress meter - just wrap any iterable with 
+Instantly make your loops show a progress meter - just wrap any iterable with
 "tqdm(iterable)", and you're done!
 
 tqdm (read ta<i>qa</i>dum, تقدّم) means "progress" in arabic.
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ pip install -e git+https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm.git#egg=master
 ```python
 def tqdm(iterable, desc='', total=None,
          leave=False, file=sys.stderr,
-         mininterval=0.5, miniters=1):         
+         mininterval=0.5, miniters=1):
     """Get an iterable object, and return an iterator which acts exactly like
     the iterable, but prints a progress meter and updates it every time a
     value is requested.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    iterable: iterable        
+    iterable: iterable
         Iterable to show progress for.
     desc: str, optional
         A short string, describing the progress, that is added in the beginning
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ def tqdm(iterable, desc='', total=None,
         A file-like object to output the progress message to. By default,
         sys.stderr is used.
     leave : bool, optional
-        If it is False (default), tqdm deletes its traces from screen after 
+        If it is False (default), tqdm deletes its traces from screen after
         it has finished iterating over all elements.
     mininterval : float, optional
-        If less than mininterval seconds have passed since the last progress 
+        If less than mininterval seconds have passed since the last progress
         meter update, it is not updated again (default: 0.5).
     miniters : float, optional
-        If less than miniters iterations have passed since the last progress 
+        If less than miniters iterations have passed since the last progress
         meter update, it is not updated again (default: 1).
-        
+
     """
 
 def trange(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -64,9 +64,17 @@ def trange(*args, **kwargs):
 
 ## Contributions
 
-To run the testing suite please make sure tox (http://tox.testrun.org/) 
+To run the testing suite please make sure tox (http://tox.testrun.org/)
 is installed, then type `tox` from the command line.
 
+Alternatively if you don't want to use `tox`, a Makefile is provided with the following command:
+
+```sh
+$ make flake8
+$ make test
+$ make coverage
+```
+
 ## License
 
 [MIT LICENSE](LICENSE).