diff --git a/examples/sendfile/sendfile.zig b/examples/sendfile/sendfile.zig
index 2fbb448..daf16dd 100644
--- a/examples/sendfile/sendfile.zig
+++ b/examples/sendfile/sendfile.zig
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ pub fn on_request(r: zap.SimpleRequest) void {
     // On error, the handle will still be valid and should be used to send an error response
     //
     // Important: sets last-modified and cache-control headers with a max-age value of 1 hour!
+
+    // In this example, we disable caching
+    r.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache") catch unreachable;
     if (r.sendFile("examples/sendfile/testfile.txt")) {} else |err| {
         std.log.err("Unable to send file: {any}", .{err});
     }
diff --git a/src/zap.zig b/src/zap.zig
index 96cd5df..6bea777 100644
--- a/src/zap.zig
+++ b/src/zap.zig
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ pub const SimpleRequest = struct {
     /// On error, the handle will still be valid and should be used to send an error response
     ///
     /// Important: sets last-modified and cache-control headers with a max-age value of 1 hour!
+    /// You can override that by setting those headers yourself, e.g.: setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
     pub fn sendFile(self: *const Self, file_path: []const u8) !void {
         if (fio.http_sendfile2(self.h, util.toCharPtr(file_path), file_path.len, null, 0) != 0)
             return error.SendFile;