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 meson build && ninja -C build
 ```
 ## To run unit tests
-Tests can be run in the CI docker container, or with an OpenBMC x86 sdk(see
-below for x86 steps).
+The simplest way of running the tests is as described by the meson man page:
+```
+meson builddir && meson test -C builddir
+```
+
+Alternatively, tests can be run in the OpenBMC CI docker container, or with an
+OpenBMC x86 sdk(see below for x86 steps).
 ```
 meson -Doe-sdk=enabled build
 ninja -C build test