diff --git a/docs/source/api_ref_transforms.rst b/docs/source/api_ref_transforms.rst
index 04ef28ab9..e67cbddc6 100644
--- a/docs/source/api_ref_transforms.rst
+++ b/docs/source/api_ref_transforms.rst
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ For a tutorial, see: TODO_DECODER_TRANSFORMS_TUTORIAL.
     :template: dataclass.rst
 
     DecoderTransform
+    RandomCrop
     Resize
diff --git a/src/torchcodec/transforms/_decoder_transforms.py b/src/torchcodec/transforms/_decoder_transforms.py
index ed38820b1..f3f0c45a3 100644
--- a/src/torchcodec/transforms/_decoder_transforms.py
+++ b/src/torchcodec/transforms/_decoder_transforms.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from dataclasses import dataclass
 from types import ModuleType
 from typing import Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@
 from torch import nn
 
 
-@dataclass
 class DecoderTransform(ABC):
     """Base class for all decoder transforms.
 
@@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ def import_torchvision_transforms_v2() -> ModuleType:
     return v2
 
 
-@dataclass
 class Resize(DecoderTransform):
     """Resize the decoded frame to a given size.
 
@@ -103,18 +100,20 @@ class Resize(DecoderTransform):
             the form (height, width).
     """
 
-    size: Sequence[int]
+    def __init__(self, size: Sequence[int]):
+        if len(size) != 2:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Resize transform must have a (height, width) "
+                f"pair for the size, got {size}."
+            )
+        self.size = size
 
     def _make_transform_spec(
         self, input_dims: Tuple[Optional[int], Optional[int]]
     ) -> str:
-        # TODO: establish this invariant in the constructor during refactor
-        assert len(self.size) == 2
         return f"resize, {self.size[0]}, {self.size[1]}"
 
     def _get_output_dims(self) -> Optional[Tuple[Optional[int], Optional[int]]]:
-        # TODO: establish this invariant in the constructor during refactor
-        assert len(self.size) == 2
         return (self.size[0], self.size[1])
 
     @classmethod
@@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ def _from_torchvision(cls, tv_resize: nn.Module):
         return cls(size=tv_resize.size)
 
 
-@dataclass
 class RandomCrop(DecoderTransform):
     """Crop the decoded frame to a given size at a random location in the frame.
 
@@ -158,17 +156,17 @@ class RandomCrop(DecoderTransform):
             the form (height, width).
     """
 
-    size: Sequence[int]
+    def __init__(self, size: Sequence[int]):
+        if len(size) != 2:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "RandomCrop transform must have a (height, width) "
+                f"pair for the size, got {size}."
+            )
+        self.size = size
 
     def _make_transform_spec(
         self, input_dims: Tuple[Optional[int], Optional[int]]
     ) -> str:
-        if len(self.size) != 2:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"RandomCrop's size must be a sequence of length 2, got {self.size}. "
-                "This should never happen, please report a bug."
-            )
-
         height, width = input_dims
         if height is None:
             raise ValueError(
@@ -196,8 +194,6 @@ def _make_transform_spec(
         return f"crop, {self.size[0]}, {self.size[1]}, {left}, {top}"
 
     def _get_output_dims(self) -> Optional[Tuple[Optional[int], Optional[int]]]:
-        # TODO: establish this invariant in the constructor during refactor
-        assert len(self.size) == 2
         return (self.size[0], self.size[1])
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/test/test_transform_ops.py b/test/test_transform_ops.py
index 5839f79a4..8aa151b01 100644
--- a/test/test_transform_ops.py
+++ b/test/test_transform_ops.py
@@ -145,6 +145,15 @@ def test_resize_fails(self):
         ):
             VideoDecoder(NASA_VIDEO.path, transforms=[v2.Resize(size=(100))])
 
+        with pytest.raises(
+            ValueError,
+            match=r"must have a \(height, width\) pair for the size",
+        ):
+            VideoDecoder(
+                NASA_VIDEO.path,
+                transforms=[torchcodec.transforms.Resize(size=(100, 100, 100))],
+            )
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "height_scaling_factor, width_scaling_factor",
         ((0.5, 0.5), (0.25, 0.1), (1.0, 1.0), (0.15, 0.75)),