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@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ Before running tests, the site must be served at http://localhost:8000.
 ```
 $ cd /path/to/bip39/src
 $ python -m http.server
+
+or for python2
+$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
 ```
 
 Run tests from the command-line