diff --git a/doc/source/developing.rst b/doc/source/developing.rst
index f13241f24e..cd15f9fbaf 100644
--- a/doc/source/developing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/developing.rst
@@ -87,3 +87,20 @@ create HTML docs, run the following:
     $ tox -e docs
 
 The resultant HTML will be the ``doc/build/html`` directory.
+
+Testing new code
+----------------
+
+If a developer wants to test new code (feature, command or option) that
+they have written, OpenStackClient may be installed from source by running
+the following commands in the base directory of the project:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   $ python setup.py develop
+
+or
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   $ pip install -e