diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/.coveragerc b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4102f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[run]
+include = {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/*
+omit = ../*migrations*
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
index 089e0716..dfdebcaa 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Test coverage
 To run the tests, check your test coverage, and generate an HTML coverage report::
 
     $ coverage run manage.py test
-    $ coverage html --include={{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/*
+    $ coverage html
 
 Live reloading and Sass CSS compilation
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^