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@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Arguments passed to the CLI will always take precedence over the CLI options con
 - `failFast`: stop running further tests once a test fails
 - `failWithoutAssertions`: if `false`, does not fail a test if it doesn't run [assertions](./03-assertions.md)
 - `environmentVariables`: specifies environment variables to be made available to the tests. The environment variables defined here override the ones from `process.env`
+- `serial`: if `true`, prevents parallel execution of tests within a file
 - `tap`: if `true`, enables the [TAP reporter](./05-command-line.md#tap-reporter)
 - `verbose`: if `true`, enables verbose output (though there currently non-verbose output is not supported)
 - `snapshotDir`: specifies a fixed location for storing snapshot files. Use this if your snapshots are ending up in the wrong location