diff --git a/pyiron_snippets/resources.py b/pyiron_snippets/resources.py
index 3972e2a..ae6efe6 100644
--- a/pyiron_snippets/resources.py
+++ b/pyiron_snippets/resources.py
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ class ExecutableResolver(AbstractResolver):
     and have the executable bit set. :meth:`.search` yields tuples of version strings and full paths to the executable
     instead of plain strings.
 
+    Except on windows results are filtered to make sure all returned scripts have the executable bit set.
+    When the bit is not set, a warning is printed.
+
     >>> exe = ExecutableResolver(..., "lammps")
     >>> exe.list() # doctest: +SKIP
     [
@@ -253,6 +256,7 @@ def _search(self, name):
 
         def cond(path):
             isfile = os.path.isfile(path)
+            # HINT: this is always True on windows
             isexec = os.access(
                 path, os.X_OK, effective_ids=os.access in os.supports_effective_ids
             )
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_resources.py b/tests/unit/test_resources.py
index b2da759..de1fda7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_resources.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_resources.py
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ def test_executable(self):
         for suffix in (None, "sh", "bat"):
             with self.subTest(suffix=suffix):
                 res = ExecutableResolver([self.res1], code="code1", module="module1", suffix=suffix)
+                # Windows always reports the exec bit as set, so skip those tests there
                 if os.name != "nt":
                     with self.assertLogs(logger, level="WARNING"):
                         res.list()
-                    # no exec bits are present on windows it seems
                     self.assertNotIn("versionnonexec", res.available_versions,
                                      "ExecutableResolver must not list scripts that are not executable.")
                 self.assertNotIn("wrong_format", res.available_versions,