diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eca2eeb61f..ce4377e5c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ keywords = ["game", "engine", "gamedev", "graphics", "bevy"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/bevy"
-rust-version = "1.78.0"
+rust-version = "1.79.0"
 
 [workspace]
 exclude = [
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/view/visibility/render_layers.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/view/visibility/render_layers.rs
index ca6ce39772..4eee08216e 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/view/visibility/render_layers.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/view/visibility/render_layers.rs
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ impl FromIterator<Layer> for RenderLayers {
 
 impl Default for RenderLayers {
     /// By default, this structure includes layer `0`, which represents the first layer.
+    ///
+    /// This is distinct from [`RenderLayers::none`], which doesn't belong to any layers.
     fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::layer(0)
+        const { Self::layer(0) }
     }
 }
 
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ impl RenderLayers {
     }
 
     /// Create a new `RenderLayers` that belongs to no layers.
+    ///
+    /// This is distinct from [`RenderLayers::default`], which belongs to the first layer.
     pub const fn none() -> Self {
         RenderLayers(SmallVec::from_const([0; INLINE_BLOCKS]))
     }