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@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ would only rerun those errors that does not match with ``AssertionError`` or ``O
 
    $ pytest --reruns 5 --rerun-except AssertionError --rerun-except OSError
 
+.. note::
+
+   When the ```AssertionError``` comes from the use of the ``assert`` keyword,
+   use ``--rerun-except assert`` instead::
+
+   $ pytest --reruns 5 --rerun-except assert
+
 Re-run individual failures
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