diff --git a/pydocstringformatter/formatting/__init__.py b/pydocstringformatter/formatting/__init__.py
index a95e4a03..ad72ed13 100644
--- a/pydocstringformatter/formatting/__init__.py
+++ b/pydocstringformatter/formatting/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__all__ = ["FORMATTERS"]
+__all__ = ["FORMATTERS", "Formatter"]
 
 from typing import List
 
diff --git a/pydocstringformatter/formatting/base.py b/pydocstringformatter/formatting/base.py
index 9edcbe73..d1a6a246 100644
--- a/pydocstringformatter/formatting/base.py
+++ b/pydocstringformatter/formatting/base.py
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ def name(self) -> str:
         user-facing and should be chosen carefully.
         """
 
+    @property
+    def activate_option(self) -> str:
+        """The argparse option to activate this formatter."""
+        return f"--{self.name}"
+
+    @property
+    def deactivate_option(self) -> str:
+        """The argparse option to deactivate this formatter."""
+        return f"--no-{self.name}"
+
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def treat_token(self, tokeninfo: tokenize.TokenInfo) -> tokenize.TokenInfo:
         """Return a modified token."""
diff --git a/pydocstringformatter/testutils/__init__.py b/pydocstringformatter/testutils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a426ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydocstringformatter/testutils/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import contextlib
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+from types import TracebackType
+from typing import List, Optional, Type
+
+import pytest
+
+from pydocstringformatter import run_docstring_formatter
+from pydocstringformatter.formatting import Formatter
+
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class FormatterAsserter(contextlib.AbstractContextManager):  # type: ignore[type-arg]
+    """ContextManager used to assert that a Formatter does something on a docstring.
+
+    Also permit to check that nothing happens if it's deactivated.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        docstring: str,
+        formatters: List[Formatter],
+        capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+        tmp_path: Path,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.formatters = formatters
+        file_name = "_".join([f.name for f in self.formatters])
+        self.file_to_format = tmp_path / f"test_{file_name}.py"
+        self.file_to_format.write_text(docstring)
+        self.capsys = capsys
+        names = [f"'{f.name}'" for f in formatters]
+        verb = "is" if len(names) == 1 else "are"
+        self.assert_msg = f"""
+{{}} was modified but {', '.join(names)} {verb} {{}}.
+Temp file is '{self.file_to_format}'
+"""
+
+    def __enter__(self) -> "FormatterAsserter":
+        return self
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def __launch(commands: List[str]) -> None:
+        """Launch pydocstringformatter while logging for easier debugging."""
+        run_docstring_formatter(commands)
+        LOGGER.info("Launching 'pydocstringformatter' with: %s", commands)
+
+    def assert_format_when_activated(self) -> None:
+        """Assert that the formatter does something when activated."""
+        msg = self.assert_msg.format("Nothing", "activated")
+        self.__launch(
+            [str(self.file_to_format)] + [f.activate_option for f in self.formatters]
+        )
+        out, err = self.capsys.readouterr()
+        assert not err
+        assert "Nothing to do!" not in out, msg
+        expected = ["---", "@@", "+++"]
+        assert all(e in out for e in expected), msg
+
+    def assert_no_change_when_deactivated(self) -> None:
+        """Assert that the formatter does nothing when deactivated."""
+        self.__launch(
+            [str(self.file_to_format)] + [f.deactivate_option for f in self.formatters]
+        )
+        out, err = self.capsys.readouterr()
+        assert not err
+        assert "Nothing to do!" in out, self.assert_msg.format(
+            "Something", "deactivated"
+        )
+
+    def __exit__(
+        self,
+        exc_type: Optional[Type[BaseException]],
+        exc_val: Optional[BaseException],
+        exc_tb: Optional[TracebackType],
+    ) -> None:
+        return None
diff --git a/tests/test_run.py b/tests/test_run.py
index 02d76c2e..5b4f9aad 100644
--- a/tests/test_run.py
+++ b/tests/test_run.py
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 import os
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List
 
 import pytest
 
 import pydocstringformatter
 from pydocstringformatter.formatting import FORMATTERS
+from pydocstringformatter.testutils import FormatterAsserter
 
 
 def test_no_arguments(capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
@@ -116,30 +116,12 @@ def test_output_message_two_files(
     assert not output.err
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "args,should_format",
-    [
-        [[f"--no-{f.name}" for f in FORMATTERS], False],
-        [[f"--{f.name}" for f in FORMATTERS], True],
-    ],
-)
-def test_optional_formatters(
-    args: List[str],
-    should_format: bool,
-    capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
-    tmp_path: Path,
+def test_begin_quote_formatters(
+    capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str], tmp_path: Path
 ) -> None:
     """Test that (optional) formatters are activated or not depending on options."""
-    bad_docstring = tmp_path / "bad_docstring.py"
-    bad_docstring.write_text(f'"""{"a" * 120}\n{"b" * 120}"""')
-    pydocstringformatter.run_docstring_formatter([str(bad_docstring)] + args)
-    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
-    assert not err
-    if should_format:
-        msg = "Nothing was modified, but all formatters are activated."
-        assert "Nothing to do!" not in out
-        expected = ["---", "@@", "+++"]
-        assert all(e in out for e in expected), msg
-    else:
-        msg = "Something was modified, but all formatter are deactivated."
-        assert "Nothing to do!" in out, msg
+    with FormatterAsserter(
+        f'"""{"a" * 120}\n{"b" * 120}"""', FORMATTERS, capsys, tmp_path
+    ) as asserter:
+        asserter.assert_format_when_activated()
+        asserter.assert_no_change_when_deactivated()