diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 863bbe2c715f8..0bad746415980 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ Before contributing or participating in discussions with the community, you shou
 We recommend checking out [The Bevy Book](https://bevyengine.org/learn/book/introduction) for a full tutorial.
 
 Follow the [Setup guide](https://bevyengine.org/learn/book/getting-started/setup/) to ensure your development environment is set up correctly.
-Once set up, you can quickly try out the [examples](/examples) by cloning this repo and running the following command:
+Once set up, you can quickly try out the [examples](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/tree/latest/examples) by cloning this repo and running the following commands:
 
 ```sh
+# Switch to the correct version (latest release, default is main development branch)
+git checkout latest
 # Runs the "breakout" example
 cargo run --example breakout
 ```
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index e7be5362b6560..51ac09442d87b 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -12,12 +12,19 @@ cargo run --features wayland --example hello_world
 
 **⚠️ Note: for users of releases on crates.io!**
 
-Due to changes and additions to APIs, there are often differences between the development examples and the released versions of Bevy on crates.io.
-If you are using a release version from [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/bevy), view the examples by checking out the appropriate git tag, e.g., users of `0.4` should use the examples on [https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/tree/v0.4.0/examples](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/tree/v0.4.0/examples)
+There are often large differences and incompatible API changes between the latest [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/bevy) release and the development version of Bevy in the git main branch!
 
-If you have cloned bevy's repo locally, `git checkout` with the appropriate version tag.
+If you are using a released version of bevy, you need to make sure you are viewing the correct version of the examples!
+
+ - Latest release: [https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/tree/latest/examples](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/tree/latest/examples)
+ - Specific version, such as `0.4`: [https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/tree/v0.4.0/examples](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/tree/v0.4.0/examples)
+
+When you clone the repo locally to run the examples, use `git checkout` to get the correct version:
 
 ```bash
+# `latest` always points to the newest release
+git checkout latest
+# or use a specific version
 git checkout v0.4.0
 ```