diff --git a/docs/simulation/running.md b/docs/simulation/running.md
index ea0ade71..c87aaeed 100644
--- a/docs/simulation/running.md
+++ b/docs/simulation/running.md
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ Fast simulation using only design day conditions:
 --8<-- "docs/snippets/simulation/running/design_day_only.py:example"
 ```
 
+A design-day-only run needs no weather file: the design days carry their own conditions. Some models still require one.
+
+1. A model with `GroundHeatTransfer:Slab` or `GroundHeatTransfer:Basement` objects whose preprocessor `GroundHeatTransfer:Control` enables is refused without a weather file, because those preprocessors derive ground temperatures from it.
+2. A model with `SizingPeriod:WeatherFileDays` or `SizingPeriod:WeatherFileConditionType` fails in EnergyPlus without a weather file, and the result reports the failure.
+3. A model with `Site:WaterMainsTemperature` using `CorrelationFromWeatherFile` runs, but EnergyPlus reports a severe error and uses a fixed mains temperature of 10 °C.
+
+A sizing-only model, whose `SimulationControl` requests no run period from the weather file, must be run as a design-day-only run.
+
 ### Annual Simulation
 
 Full-year simulation:
diff --git a/docs/snippets/simulation/running/design_day_only.py b/docs/snippets/simulation/running/design_day_only.py
index 974d97ea..26a05f79 100644
--- a/docs/snippets/simulation/running/design_day_only.py
+++ b/docs/snippets/simulation/running/design_day_only.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 from idfkit.simulation import simulate
 
 model: IDFDocument = ...  # type: ignore[assignment]
-weather: str = ...  # type: ignore[assignment]
 # --8<-- [start:example]
-result = simulate(model, weather, design_day=True)
+result = simulate(model, design_day=True)
 # --8<-- [end:example]