From 35812875a4455e2636eb24ddaf702faa4767fafa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doron Behar <doron.behar@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:53:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] docs/python: document builders using doInstallCheck and not
 doCheck (#86051)

---
 doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md
index e6f0b64fa9cc..dd989e6cc68f 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md
@@ -1059,6 +1059,11 @@ let
 in newpkgs.inkscape
 ```
 
+If you'd like to disable tests for a particular Python based package built with
+`buildPythonPackage` or `buildPythonApplication`, you'd need to set
+`doInstallCheck = false` and not `doCheck = false` as the later will take no
+effect.
+
 ### `python setup.py bdist_wheel` cannot create .whl
 
 Executing `python setup.py bdist_wheel` in a `nix-shell `fails with