Update TESTING.md
diff --git a/TESTING.md b/TESTING.md
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--- a/TESTING.md
+++ b/TESTING.md
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@
 
 ```shell
 # quick sanity check
-time (make CPPFLAGS='-DHB_DEBUG_SUBSET=100' \
-  && make -C test/api check || cat test/api/test-suite.log)
+time (make -j4 CPPFLAGS='-DHB_DEBUG_SUBSET=100' \
+  && {make -j4 -C test/api check || cat test/api/test-suite.log})
 
-# slower santiy check
-time (make CPPFLAGS='-DHB_DEBUG_SUBSET=100' \
-   && make -C src check \
-   && make -C test/api check \
-   && make -C test/subset check)
+# slower sanity check
+time (make -j4 CPPFLAGS='-DHB_DEBUG_SUBSET=100' \
+   && make -j4 -C src check \
+   && make -j4 -C test/api check \
+   && make -j4 -C test/subset check)
 
 # confirm you didn't break anything else
-time (make CPPFLAGS='-DHB_DEBUG_SUBSET=100' \
-  && make check)
+time (make -j4 CPPFLAGS='-DHB_DEBUG_SUBSET=100' \
+  && make -j4 check)
 
 # often catches files you didn't add, e.g. test fonts to EXTRA_DIST
 make distcheck