diff --git a/crates/node/README.md b/crates/node/README.md
index 319154b3..9a39b4db 100644
--- a/crates/node/README.md
+++ b/crates/node/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ const {
   ScopeType,
   deregisterSubscriber,
   event,
+  flushSubscribers,
   registerSubscriber,
   withScope,
 } = require("nemo-relay-node");
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ async function main() {
     event("initialized", handle, { binding: "node" }, null);
   });
 
+  flushSubscribers();
   deregisterSubscriber("printer");
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/wasm/README.md b/crates/wasm/README.md
index 6040ca51..714d8521 100644
--- a/crates/wasm/README.md
+++ b/crates/wasm/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ const {
   ScopeType,
   deregisterSubscriber,
   event,
+  flushSubscribers,
   registerSubscriber,
   withScope,
 } = require("nemo-relay-wasm");
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ async function main() {
     event("initialized", handle, { binding: "wasm" }, null);
   });
 
+  flushSubscribers();
   deregisterSubscriber("printer");
 }
 
diff --git a/go/nemo_relay/README.md b/go/nemo_relay/README.md
index 0d6b533d..314989f4 100644
--- a/go/nemo_relay/README.md
+++ b/go/nemo_relay/README.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	defer nemo.DeregisterSubscriber("printer")
+	defer nemo.FlushSubscribers()
 
 	handle, err := scope.Push("demo-agent", nemo.ScopeTypeAgent)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/python/nemo_relay/README.md b/python/nemo_relay/README.md
index 41dd930f..6f81c80c 100644
--- a/python/nemo_relay/README.md
+++ b/python/nemo_relay/README.md
@@ -142,9 +142,13 @@ nemo_relay.subscribers.register("printer", on_event)
 with nemo_relay.scope.scope("demo-agent", nemo_relay.ScopeType.Agent) as handle:
     nemo_relay.scope.event("initialized", handle=handle, data={"binding": "python"})
 
+nemo_relay.subscribers.flush()
 nemo_relay.subscribers.deregister("printer")
 ```
 
+Native subscriber delivery is asynchronous, so call
+`nemo_relay.subscribers.flush()` before you read subscriber output or exit.
+
 For host integrations that need a serialized event shape, consume the
 canonical JSON payload from the subscriber event object:
 
@@ -164,6 +168,7 @@ try:
     with nemo_relay.scope.scope("demo-agent", nemo_relay.ScopeType.Agent):
         nemo_relay.scope.event("initialized", data={"binding": "python"})
 finally:
+    nemo_relay.subscribers.flush()
     nemo_relay.subscribers.deregister("host-exporter")
 ```