diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 0d2b1269..fdf6d68e 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ build/generate-stamp: $(wildcard source/reference/*.rst)
 generate-rst-from-md:
 	# generate contributing docs
 	mkdir -p source/dev
-	pandoc --from=markdown --to=rst --output=source/dev/_index.rst ../CONTRIBUTING.md
-	echo ".. _devindex:" > source/dev/index.rst
-	cat source/dev/_index.rst >> source/dev/index.rst
-	rm source/dev/_index.rst
+	pandoc --from=markdown --to=rst --output=source/dev/_contributing.rst ../CONTRIBUTING.md
+	echo ".. _contributing:" > source/dev/contributing.rst
+	cat source/dev/_contributing.rst >> source/dev/contributing.rst
+	rm source/dev/_contributing.rst
 	# generate changelog
 	pandoc --from=markdown --to=rst --output=source/_changelog.rst ../CHANGELOG.md
 	echo ".. _changelog:" > source/changelog.rst
diff --git a/doc/source/dev/devinstall.rst b/doc/source/dev/devinstall.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1132a718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/dev/devinstall.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+.. _devinstall:
+
+********************************
+Developer setup and installation
+********************************
+
+When developing jobflow-remote, one does not necessarily need to set up
+a remote runner environment and database.
+Instead, one can use the containerized setup provided as part of the integration
+tests.
+This requires a `Docker engine <https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/>`_ to be running on your local machine,
+as it will create and launch containers running MongoDB and Slurm to test job submission.
+
+These tests do not run by default (i.e., when simply running ``pytest``) as they conflict with the
+units tests, but can instead be installed and then invoked with:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+    pip install .[tests]
+    CI=1 pytest tests/integration
+
+When adding new features to jobflow-remote, please consider adding an
+integration test to ensure that the feature works as expected, before
+following the contributing instructions at :ref:`contributing`.
+
+.. warning::
+
+    The integration tests will create a container running MongoDB and Slurm
+    on your local machine that will be cleaned up when the tests finish.
+    If you ``KeyboardInterrupt`` the tests, the container may not be cleaned
+    successfully.
+    A random free port will be chosen for Slurm and MongoDB each; if you
+    encounter errors with these ports (as the process can be system-dependent),
+    please raise an issue detailing your setup.
+    In this case, you may wish to manually override the pytest fixtures for
+    port specification in ``tests/integration/conftest.py`` (but do not commit
+    these changes).