diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index fbf574f33..e8ec21af6 100644
--- a/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -70,9 +70,14 @@ We use `nox <https://nox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__ to instrument our tests.
 - To test your changes, run unit tests with ``nox``::
 
     $ nox -s unit-2.7
-    $ nox -s unit-3.7
+    $ nox -s unit-3.8
     $ ...
 
+- Args to pytest can be passed through the nox command separated by a `--`. For
+  example, to run a single test::
+
+    $ nox -s unit-3.8 -- -k <name of test>
+
   .. note::
 
     The unit tests and system tests are described in the
@@ -93,8 +98,12 @@ On Debian/Ubuntu::
 ************
 Coding Style
 ************
+- We use the automatic code formatter ``black``. You can run it using
+  the nox session ``blacken``. This will eliminate many lint errors. Run via::
+
+   $ nox -s blacken
 
-- PEP8 compliance, with exceptions defined in the linter configuration.
+- PEP8 compliance is required, with exceptions defined in the linter configuration.
   If you have ``nox`` installed, you can test that you have not introduced
   any non-compliant code via::
 
@@ -133,13 +142,18 @@ Running System Tests
 
 - To run system tests, you can execute::
 
-   $ nox -s system-3.7
+   # Run all system tests
+   $ nox -s system-3.8
    $ nox -s system-2.7
 
+   # Run a single system test
+   $ nox -s system-3.8 -- -k <name of test>
+
+
   .. note::
 
       System tests are only configured to run under Python 2.7 and
-      Python 3.7. For expediency, we do not run them in older versions
+      Python 3.8. For expediency, we do not run them in older versions
       of Python 3.
 
   This alone will not run the tests. You'll need to change some local