diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs
index 7d986c9a3125a..72bcfa3556df0 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ pub struct ComputedCameraValues {
 pub struct Camera {
     /// If set, this camera will render to the given [`Viewport`] rectangle within the configured [`RenderTarget`].
     pub viewport: Option<Viewport>,
-    /// Cameras with a lower priority will be rendered before cameras with a higher priority.
-    pub priority: isize,
+    /// Cameras with a higher order are rendered later, and thus on top of lower order cameras.
+    pub order: isize,
     /// If this is set to `true`, this camera will be rendered to its specified [`RenderTarget`]. If `false`, this
     /// camera will not be rendered.
     pub is_active: bool,
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ impl Default for Camera {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             is_active: true,
-            priority: 0,
+            order: 0,
             viewport: None,
             computed: Default::default(),
             target: Default::default(),
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ pub struct ExtractedCamera {
     pub physical_target_size: Option<UVec2>,
     pub viewport: Option<Viewport>,
     pub render_graph: Cow<'static, str>,
-    pub priority: isize,
+    pub order: isize,
 }
 
 pub fn extract_cameras(
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ pub fn extract_cameras(
                     physical_viewport_size: Some(viewport_size),
                     physical_target_size: Some(target_size),
                     render_graph: camera_render_graph.0.clone(),
-                    priority: camera.priority,
+                    order: camera.order,
                 },
                 ExtractedView {
                     projection: camera.projection_matrix(),
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera_driver_node.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera_driver_node.rs
index 224e61e787a92..f57929f30caeb 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera_driver_node.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera_driver_node.rs
@@ -33,24 +33,24 @@ impl Node for CameraDriverNode {
         let mut sorted_cameras = self
             .cameras
             .iter_manual(world)
-            .map(|(e, c)| (e, c.priority, c.target.clone()))
+            .map(|(e, c)| (e, c.order, c.target.clone()))
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        // sort by priority and ensure within a priority, RenderTargets of the same type are packed together
+        // sort by order and ensure within an order, RenderTargets of the same type are packed together
         sorted_cameras.sort_by(|(_, p1, t1), (_, p2, t2)| match p1.cmp(p2) {
             std::cmp::Ordering::Equal => t1.cmp(t2),
             ord => ord,
         });
         let mut camera_windows = HashSet::new();
-        let mut previous_priority_target = None;
+        let mut previous_order_target = None;
         let mut ambiguities = HashSet::new();
-        for (entity, priority, target) in sorted_cameras {
-            let new_priority_target = (priority, target);
-            if let Some(previous_priority_target) = previous_priority_target {
-                if previous_priority_target == new_priority_target {
-                    ambiguities.insert(new_priority_target.clone());
+        for (entity, order, target) in sorted_cameras {
+            let new_order_target = (order, target);
+            if let Some(previous_order_target) = previous_order_target {
+                if previous_order_target == new_order_target {
+                    ambiguities.insert(new_order_target.clone());
                 }
             }
-            previous_priority_target = Some(new_priority_target);
+            previous_order_target = Some(new_order_target);
             if let Ok((_, camera)) = self.cameras.get_manual(world, entity) {
                 if let RenderTarget::Window(id) = camera.target {
                     camera_windows.insert(id);
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ impl Node for CameraDriverNode {
 
         if !ambiguities.is_empty() {
             warn!(
-                "Camera priority ambiguities detected for active cameras with the following priorities: {:?}. \
-                To fix this, ensure there is exactly one Camera entity spawned with a given priority for a given RenderTarget. \
+                "Camera order ambiguities detected for active cameras with the following priorities: {:?}. \
+                To fix this, ensure there is exactly one Camera entity spawned with a given order for a given RenderTarget. \
                 Ambiguities should be resolved because either (1) multiple active cameras were spawned accidentally, which will \
                 result in rendering multiple instances of the scene or (2) for cases where multiple active cameras is intentional, \
                 ambiguities could result in unpredictable render results.",
diff --git a/examples/3d/render_to_texture.rs b/examples/3d/render_to_texture.rs
index 80a95bc1265de..043d43065756f 100644
--- a/examples/3d/render_to_texture.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/render_to_texture.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ fn setup(
             },
             camera: Camera {
                 // render before the "main pass" camera
-                priority: -1,
+                order: -1,
                 target: RenderTarget::Image(image_handle.clone()),
                 ..default()
             },
diff --git a/examples/3d/split_screen.rs b/examples/3d/split_screen.rs
index 06756b22a14a1..d2741efd65784 100644
--- a/examples/3d/split_screen.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/split_screen.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fn setup(
             transform: Transform::from_xyz(100.0, 100., 150.0).looking_at(Vec3::ZERO, Vec3::Y),
             camera: Camera {
                 // Renders the right camera after the left camera, which has a default priority of 0
-                priority: 1,
+                order: 1,
                 ..default()
             },
             camera_3d: Camera3d {
diff --git a/examples/3d/two_passes.rs b/examples/3d/two_passes.rs
index 3bd14e3079fb0..bb576d5c8e063 100644
--- a/examples/3d/two_passes.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/two_passes.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn setup(
         },
         camera: Camera {
             // renders after / on top of the main camera
-            priority: 1,
+            order: 1,
             ..default()
         },
         ..default()
diff --git a/examples/shader/post_processing.rs b/examples/shader/post_processing.rs
index 83c5f9085ec83..0f0aa223cbd41 100644
--- a/examples/shader/post_processing.rs
+++ b/examples/shader/post_processing.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ fn setup(
         Camera2dBundle {
             camera: Camera {
                 // renders after the first main camera which has default value: 0.
-                priority: 1,
+                order: 1,
                 ..default()
             },
             ..Camera2dBundle::default()
diff --git a/tests/window/minimising.rs b/tests/window/minimising.rs
index 55a28d6fde37f..84d18ab546dc9 100644
--- a/tests/window/minimising.rs
+++ b/tests/window/minimising.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fn setup_2d(mut commands: Commands) {
     commands.spawn(Camera2dBundle {
         camera: Camera {
             // render the 2d camera after the 3d camera
-            priority: 1,
+            order: 1,
             ..default()
         },
         camera_2d: Camera2d {
diff --git a/tests/window/resizing.rs b/tests/window/resizing.rs
index 446c45d0676cc..976784c735bb4 100644
--- a/tests/window/resizing.rs
+++ b/tests/window/resizing.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ fn setup_2d(mut commands: Commands) {
     commands.spawn(Camera2dBundle {
         camera: Camera {
             // render the 2d camera after the 3d camera
-            priority: 1,
+            order: 1,
             ..default()
         },
         camera_2d: Camera2d {