diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/component/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/component/mod.rs
index 6892c0963f..509d556d82 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/component/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/component/mod.rs
@@ -340,8 +340,19 @@ impl ComponentTicks {
         check_tick(&mut self.changed, change_tick);
     }
 
+    /// Manually sets the change tick.
+    /// Usually, this is done automatically via the [`DerefMut`](std::ops::DerefMut) implementation on [`Mut`](crate::world::Mut) or [`ResMut`](crate::system::ResMut) etc.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    /// ```rust,no_run
+    /// # use bevy_ecs::{world::World, component::ComponentTicks};
+    /// let world: World = unimplemented!();
+    /// let component_ticks: ComponentTicks = unimplemented!();
+    ///
+    /// component_ticks.set_changed(world.read_change_tick());
+    /// ```
     #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn set_changed(&mut self, change_tick: u32) {
+    pub fn set_changed(&mut self, change_tick: u32) {
         self.changed = change_tick;
     }
 }