diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index e1dfd048..00000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-omit =
-    virtualizarr/tests/*
diff --git a/ci/environment.yml b/ci/environment.yml
index b26bb440..08dbf246 100644
--- a/ci/environment.yml
+++ b/ci/environment.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dependencies:
   - hdf5plugin
   - numcodecs
   # Testing
-  - codecov
+  - codecov[toml]
   - pre-commit
   - mypy
   - ruff
diff --git a/ci/min-deps.yml b/ci/min-deps.yml
index 344a4595..a0a0cf20 100644
--- a/ci/min-deps.yml
+++ b/ci/min-deps.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies:
   - ujson
   - universal_pathlib
   # Testing
-  - codecov
+  - codecov[toml]
   - pre-commit
   - mypy
   - ruff
diff --git a/ci/upstream.yml b/ci/upstream.yml
index 1e97b165..ed9bf6fa 100644
--- a/ci/upstream.yml
+++ b/ci/upstream.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dependencies:
   - numcodecs
   - imagecodecs>=2024.6.1
   # Testing
-  - codecov
+  - codecov[toml]
   - pre-commit
   - mypy
   - ruff
diff --git a/docs/contributing.md b/docs/contributing.md
index c2c5fdbd..4d514780 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/contributing.md
@@ -12,10 +12,23 @@ mamba activate virtualizarr-tests
 pre-commit install
 # git checkout -b new-feature
 python -m pip install -e . --no-deps
-python -m pytest --run-network-tests
+python -m pytest
 ```
 
-The `--run-network-tests` argument is optional -- it will run additional tests that require downloading files over the network. Skip this if you want the tests to run faster or you have no internet access.
+You may also add the `--run-network-tests` option, which will run additional tests
+that require downloading files over the network.  Skip this if you want the tests to run
+faster or you have no internet access:
+
+```bash
+pytest -m pytest --run-network-tests
+```
+
+Further, we use the `pytest-cov` plugin to generate a test coverage report.  By default,
+a report showing lines missing coverage will be printed to the terminal.  You may supply
+additional options to `pytest` to generate other outputs, such as an HTML report (via
+`--cov-report=html`).  For all available options added by the `pytest-cov` plugin, run
+`python -m pytest -h`, or see the
+[pytest-cov documentation](https://pytest-cov.readthedocs.io/en/latest/readme.html).
 
 ## Contributing documentation
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8d638da6..3039a511 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ line-ending = "auto"
 [tool.ruff.lint.isort]
 known-first-party = ["virtualizarr"]
 
+[tool.coverage.run]
+omit = ["virtualizarr/tests/*"]
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = [
     "--cov=virtualizarr",