diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ee68a13f0..6c808020f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -125,19 +125,9 @@ Benchmarks
 ----------
 
 ``jsonschema``'s benchmarks make use of `pyperf
-<https://pyperf.readthedocs.io>`_.
+<https://pyperf.readthedocs.io>`_. Running them can be done via:: 
 
-Running them can be done via ``tox -e perf``, or by invoking the ``pyperf``
-commands externally (after ensuring that both it and ``jsonschema`` itself are
-installed)::
-
-    $ python -m pyperf jsonschema/benchmarks/test_suite.py --hist --output results.json
-
-To compare to a previous run, use::
-
-    $ python -m pyperf compare_to --table reference.json results.json
-
-See the ``pyperf`` documentation for more details.
+      $ tox -e perf
 
 
 Community
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 51db97919..4d42e2bc8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ deps =
 
     perf: pyperf
 
-    tests,tests_nongpl,coverage,codecov: -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+    tests,tests_nongpl,coverage,codecov,perf: -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 
     coverage,codecov: coverage
     codecov: codecov