diff --git a/docs/contributing.md b/docs/contributing.md
index e1a953dc..74472575 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/contributing.md
@@ -71,10 +71,12 @@ $ scripts/test
     The test suite spawns testing servers on ports **8000** and **8001**.
     Make sure these are not in use, so the tests can run properly.
 
-You can run a single test script like this:
+Any additional arguments will be passed to `pytest`. See the [pytest documentation](https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/usage.html) for more information.
+
+For example, to run a single test script:
 
 ```shell
-$ scripts/test -- tests/test_multipart.py
+$ scripts/test tests/test_multipart.py
 ```
 
 To run the code auto-formatting:
diff --git a/scripts/test b/scripts/test
index f7f32ad1..d778a544 100755
--- a/scripts/test
+++ b/scripts/test
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ -z $GITHUB_ACTIONS ]; then
     scripts/check
 fi
 
-${PREFIX}coverage run -m pytest
+${PREFIX}coverage run -m pytest "$@"
 
 if [ -z $GITHUB_ACTIONS ]; then
     scripts/coverage