diff --git a/TESTING.asciidoc b/TESTING.asciidoc
index e85d1c7716f..332e0986d23 100644
--- a/TESTING.asciidoc
+++ b/TESTING.asciidoc
@@ -283,3 +283,9 @@ To disable validation step (forbidden API or `// NOCOMMIT`) use
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 mvn test -Dvalidate.skip=true
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+
+You can also skip this by using the "dev" profile:
+
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+mvn test -Pdev
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