diff --git a/.cargo/config b/.cargo/config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7cb41d979a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[alias]
+uitest = "test --test compile-test"
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5619ee00f8d9..7ae8f3936a48 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ fn main() {
 }
 ```
 
-Now you run `TESTNAME=ui/my_lint cargo test --test compile-test` to produce
+Now you run `TESTNAME=ui/my_lint cargo uitest` to produce
 a `.stdout` file with the generated code:
 
 ```rust
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Use `cargo test` to run the whole testsuite.
 If you don't want to wait for all tests to finish, you can also execute a single test file by using `TESTNAME` to specify the test to run:
 
 ```bash
-TESTNAME=ui/empty_line_after_outer_attr cargo test --test compile-test
+TESTNAME=ui/empty_line_after_outer_attr cargo uitest
 ```
 
 Clippy uses UI tests. UI tests check that the output of the compiler is exactly as expected.
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/utils/author.rs b/clippy_lints/src/utils/author.rs
index 264a5463225d..4e2d4de85188 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/utils/author.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/utils/author.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use syntax::ast::{Attribute, LitKind, DUMMY_NODE_ID};
 /// }
 /// ```
 ///
-/// Running `TESTNAME=ui/my_lint cargo test --test compile-test` will produce
+/// Running `TESTNAME=ui/my_lint cargo uitest` will produce
 /// a `./tests/ui/new_lint.stdout` file with the generated code:
 ///
 /// ```rust