diff --git a/README-v3.md b/README-v3.md
index 8348038e5a..dd95c3c7a3 100644
--- a/README-v3.md
+++ b/README-v3.md
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ git remote add upstream https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python
 git fetch upstream
 git checkout --track upstream/v3
 ```
+## Set the environment variables for V3
+
+There are a couple environment variables required for enabling V3:
+
+```
+export ZARR_V3_EXPERIMENTAL_API=1
+export ZARR_V3_SHARDING=1
+```
 
 ## Set up your environment
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index df4ed7dea1..5a788eb1a5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ extra-dependencies = [
 [tool.hatch.envs.test.scripts]
 run-coverage = "pytest --cov-config=pyproject.toml --cov=pkg --cov=tests"
 run = "run-coverage --no-cov"
+run-verbose = "run-coverage --verbose"
 
 [tool.ruff]
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