diff --git a/examples/app/headless_renderer.rs b/examples/app/headless_renderer.rs
index 2b6b23b706..2038c85a29 100644
--- a/examples/app/headless_renderer.rs
+++ b/examples/app/headless_renderer.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-//! This example illustrates how to make headless renderer
-//! derived from: <https://sotrh.github.io/learn-wgpu/showcase/windowless/#a-triangle-without-a-window>
-//! It follows this steps:
+//! This example illustrates how to make a headless renderer.
+//! Derived from: <https://sotrh.github.io/learn-wgpu/showcase/windowless/#a-triangle-without-a-window>
+//! It follows these steps:
+//!
 //! 1. Render from camera to gpu-image render target
 //! 2. Copy from gpu image to buffer using `ImageCopyDriver` node in `RenderGraph`
 //! 3. Copy from buffer to channel using `receive_image_from_buffer` after `RenderSystems::Render`
 //! 4. Save from channel to random named file using `scene::update` at `PostUpdate` in `MainWorld`
 //! 5. Exit if `single_image` setting is set
+//!
+//! If your goal is to capture a single “screenshot” as opposed to every single rendered frame
+//! without gaps, it is simpler to use [`bevy::render::view::window::screenshot::Screenshot`]
+//! than this approach.
 
 use bevy::{
     app::{AppExit, ScheduleRunnerPlugin},
@@ -86,6 +91,9 @@ fn main() {
                 // replaces the bevy_winit app runner and so a window is never created.
                 .set(WindowPlugin {
                     primary_window: None,
+                    // Don’t automatically exit due to having no windows.
+                    // Instead, the code in `update()` will explicitly produce an `AppExit` event.
+                    exit_condition: bevy::window::ExitCondition::DontExit,
                     ..default()
                 })
                 // WinitPlugin will panic in environments without a display server.