diff --git a/src/docs/database-migrations.mdx b/src/docs/database-migrations.mdx
index 52b7ad94e6..38921fbccd 100644
--- a/src/docs/database-migrations.mdx
+++ b/src/docs/database-migrations.mdx
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class MyMigrationTest(TestMigrations):
 
 ```
 
-To run the test locally, set environment variable `MIGRATIONS_TEST_MIGRATE=1`.
+To run the test locally, run `pytest` with `--migrations` flag. For example, `pytest -v --migrations tests/getsentry/migrations/test_0XXX_migration_name.py`.
 
 #### Notes