diff --git a/desktop/README.md b/desktop/README.md
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@@ -86,12 +86,19 @@ While your virtual environment is active, install briefcase from pip.
 pip install briefcase
 ```
 
-Run OnionShare from the source tree like this:
+Run OnionShare from the source tree like this (`-d` re-installs dependencies, which you'll have to do each time you update the `onionshare-cli` wheel):
 
 ```
 briefcase dev -d
 ```
 
+If you want to pass arguments into `onionshare`, such as to use verbose mode:
+
+```
+cd src
+python -c "import onionshare; onionshare.main()" --help
+```
+
 ## Running tests
 
 Install these packages inside your virtual environment: