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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 84ed70add..1efb6afd1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ clean:
 .PHONY: format
 format:
 	$(PYTHON) -m black .
+
+.PHONY: dev-environment
+dev-environment:
+	$(PYTHON) -m pip install -e .[test,doc,formatter]
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7b18f6802..e02156aa0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ Installing from a tarball::
 
     pip install .
 
+Developing
+==========
+
+Installing the dependencies for testing, formatting, and documentation building
+into an editable environment::
+
+    make dev-environment
+
 Tests
 =====