diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
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+doc8
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
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+[tox]
+minversion = 1.6
+skipsdist = True
+
+[testenv]
+basepython=python2.7
+setenv =
+   VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+
+[testenv:doc8]
+commands =
+  doc8 -e .rst 2015.03.rst 2015.04.rst 2015.next.rst CoreDefinition.rst \
+               GovernanceProcess.rst ProcessCycles.rst README.rst lexicon.rst