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 Testing
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-You can run a set of unit tests to make sure that everything is working
-correctly.  After installation, run::
+You can run the unit tests with `pytest`_ to make sure that everything is
+working correctly.  Inside the source directory, run::
 
-  python setup.py test
+  pytest -v
+
+or to test the installed package::
+
+  pytest --pyargs control -v
+
+.. _pytest: https://docs.pytest.org/
 
 License
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