diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,59 +90,87 @@ web        ./manage.py runserver 0.0. ...   Up          0.0.0.0:8000->8000/tcp
 ```sh
 make build
 ```
+or
+```sh
+docker-compose build web
+```
 
 ### Bring the backend Docker container up
 
 ```sh
 make start
 ```
+or
+```sh
+docker-compose up
+```
 
 ### Stop all Docker containers
 
 ```sh
 make stop
 ```
-
+or
+```sh
+docker-compose stop
+```
 ### Stop all and remove all Docker containers
 
 ```sh
 make down
 ```
+or
+```sh
+docker-compose down
+```
 	
 ### Run tests
 
 ```sh
 make test
 ```
+or
+```sh
+docker-compose exec -w /code/wagtail web python runtests.py
+```
 
 ### Run tests for a specific file
 
 ```sh
 make test file=wagtail.admin.tests.test_name.py
 ```
+or
+```sh
+docker-compose exec -w /code/wagtail web python runtests.py wagtail.admin.tests.{test_file_name_here}.py
+```
 
 ### Open a Django shell session
 
 ```sh
 make ssh-shell
 ```
+or
+```sh
+docker-compose exec web python manage.py shell
+```
 
 ### Open a PostgreSQL shell session
 
 ```sh
 make ssh-db
 ```
-
+or
+```sh
+docker-compose exec web python manage.py dbshell
+```
 ### Open a shell on the web server
 
 ```sh
 make ssh
 ```
-
-### Open a shell to work with the frontend code (Node/NPM)
-
+or
 ```sh
-make ssh-fe
+docker-compose exec web bash
 ```
 
 ### Open a shell to work with the frontend code (Node/NPM)
@@ -150,18 +178,40 @@ make ssh-fe
 ```sh
 make ssh-fe
 ```
+or
+```sh
+docker-compose exec frontend bash
+```
+
+### Open a shell to work within the wagtail container
+
+```sh
+make ssh-fe
+```
+or
+```sh
+docker-compose exec -w /code/wagtail web bash
+```
 
 ### Make migrations to the wagtail bakery site
 
 ```sh
 make migrations
 ```
+or
+```sh
+docker-compose exec web python manage.py makemigrations
+```
 
 ### Migrate the wagtail bakery site
 
 ```sh
 make migrate
 ```
+or
+```sh
+docker-compose exec web python manage.py migrate
+```
 
 Getting ready to contribute
 ---------------------------