diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index c5394745f26..a91f692db30 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Then to test and view the coverage:
 
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-    pytest --cov=qcodes --cov-report xml --cov-config=setup.cfg
+    pytest --cov=qcodes --cov-report xml --cov-config=pyproject.toml
 
 To test and see the coverage (with missing lines) of a single module: