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@@ -26,16 +26,21 @@ following packages should get you started:
 ## Prerequisites for testing and documentation
 
 The Nominatim test suite consists of behavioural tests (using behave) and
-unit tests (using PHPUnit). It has the following additional requirements:
+unit tests (using PHPUnit for PHP code and pytest for Python code).
+It has the following additional requirements:
 
-* [behave test framework](https://behave.readthedocs.io) >= 1.2.5
-* [phpunit](https://phpunit.de) >= 7.3
+* [behave test framework](https://behave.readthedocs.io) >= 1.2.6
+* [phpunit](https://phpunit.de) (9.5 is known to work)
 * [PHP CodeSniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer)
-* [Pylint](https://pylint.org/)
+* [Pylint](https://pylint.org/) (CI always runs the latest version from pip)
+* [mypy](http://mypy-lang.org/) (plus typing information for external libs)
+* [Python Typing Extensions](https://github.com/python/typing_extensions) (for Python < 3.9)
+* [pytest](https://pytest.org)
 
 The documentation is built with mkdocs:
 
 * [mkdocs](https://www.mkdocs.org/) >= 1.1.2
+* [mkdocstrings](https://mkdocstrings.github.io/)
 
 ### Installing prerequisites on Ubuntu/Debian
 
@@ -47,9 +52,10 @@ To install all necessary packages run:
 
 ```sh
 sudo apt install php-cgi phpunit php-codesniffer \
-                 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-dev pylint3
+                 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-dev
 
-pip3 install --user behave mkdocs
+pip3 install --user behave mkdocs mkdocstrings pytest \
+                    pylint mypy types-PyYAML types-jinja2 types-psycopg2
 ```
 
 The `mkdocs` executable will be located in `.local/bin`. You may have to add
@@ -111,7 +117,7 @@ symlinks (see `CMakeLists.txt` for the exact steps).
 Now you can start webserver for local testing
 
 ```
-build> mkdocs serve
+build> make serve-doc
 [server:296] Serving on http://127.0.0.1:8000
 [handlers:62] Start watching changes
 ```
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ If you develop inside a Vagrant virtual machine, use a port that is forwarded
 to your host:
 
 ```
-build> mkdocs serve --dev-addr 0.0.0.0:8088
+build> PYTHONPATH=$SRCDIR mkdocs serve --dev-addr 0.0.0.0:8088
 [server:296] Serving on http://0.0.0.0:8088
 [handlers:62] Start watching changes
 ```