diff --git a/lldb/docs/resources/test.rst b/lldb/docs/resources/test.rst
--- a/lldb/docs/resources/test.rst
+++ b/lldb/docs/resources/test.rst
@@ -373,7 +373,20 @@
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 On non-Windows platforms, you can use the ``-d`` option to ``dotest.py`` which
-will cause the script to wait for a while until a debugger is attached.
+will cause the script to print out the pid of the test and wait for a while
+until a debugger is attached. Then run ``lldb -p <pid>`` to attach.
+
+To instead debug a test's python source, edit the test and insert
+``import pdb; pdb.set_trace()`` at the point you want to start debugging. In
+addition to pdb's debugging facilities, lldb commands can be executed with the
+help of a pdb alias. For example ``lldb bt`` and ``lldb v some_var``. Add this
+line to your ``~/.pdbrc``:
+
+::
+
+   alias lldb self.dbg.HandleCommand("%*")
+
+::
 
 Debugging Test Failures on Windows
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