diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
index cfad2f1db6..cdf7960ac5 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
@@ -276,14 +276,21 @@ cause any trouble::
 
     $ ./runtests.py basic --reverse
 
+Seeing the SQL queries run during a test
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 If you wish to examine the SQL being run in failing tests, you can turn on
 :ref:`SQL logging <django-db-logger>` using the ``--debug-sql`` option. If you
 combine this with ``--verbosity=2``, all SQL queries will be output::
 
     $ ./runtests.py basic --debug-sql
 
-By default tests are run in parallel with one process per core. You can adjust
-this behavior with the ``--parallel`` option::
+Seeing the full traceback of a test failure
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+By default tests are run in parallel with one process per core. When the tests
+are run in parallel, however, you'll only see a truncated traceback for any
+test failures. You can adjust this behavior with the ``--parallel`` option::
 
     $ ./runtests.py basic --parallel=1