diff --git a/TESTING.asciidoc b/TESTING.asciidoc
index 66eb83fcf2072..3fd09e6a44731 100644
--- a/TESTING.asciidoc
+++ b/TESTING.asciidoc
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ The REST tests are run automatically when executing the maven test command. To r
 REST tests use the following command:
 
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-mvn verify -Dtests.filter="@Rest"
+mvn verify -Dtests.filter="@Rest" -Dskip.unit.tests=true
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 `RestNIT` are the executable test classes that runs all the