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@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ systems, coverage.py won't know how to combine the data. You can tell
coverage.py how the different locations correlate with a ``[paths]`` section in
your configuration file. See :ref:`config_paths` for details.
+Some techniques for collecting data can result in corrupt data files. If you
+have this problem, you can use the ``--ignore-errors`` option to turn those
+errors into warnings instead.
+
+
.. _cmd_reporting:
Reporting