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     export DEFAULT_USER=<your username>
 
+#### Test ratio
+
+The `symfony2_tests` and `rspec_tests` segments show both a ratio of code classes
+vs test classes. This is just a very simple ratio, and does not show your code
+coverage or any sophisticated stats. All this does is just to count your files
+and test files and calculate the ratio between them. Not more, but is may give
+a quick overview about the test situation of the project you are dealing with.
+
 #### The VCS Information Segment
 
 By default, the `vcs` segment will provide quite a bit of information. If you