diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.txt b/DEVELOPMENT.txt
index e7b83e31..f947349f 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.txt
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.txt
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ Guidelines
 Test coverage
 `````````````
 Tests for a module should ideally cover all code in that module, i.e. statement
-coverage should be at 100%. To measure the test coverage, install `<coverage.py
-http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage/>`_ and then run::
+coverage should be at 100%. To measure the test coverage, install `coverage.py
+<http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage/>`__ (using ``easy_install coverage``)
+and then run::
 
   $ make coverage