diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ You can view and edit the source code by cloning this repository:
 git clone https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go.git
 ```
 
+Run `make test` to run the tests instead of `go test`. 
+
 There are some generated files checked into the repo. To make sure
 that the generated files are up-to-date, run `make` (or `make
 precommit` - the `precommit` target is the default).