diff --git a/torchvision/io/video.py b/torchvision/io/video.py
index 73c97f37e29..9f768ed555d 100644
--- a/torchvision/io/video.py
+++ b/torchvision/io/video.py
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ def write_video(
     audio_options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
 ) -> None:
     """
-    Writes a 4d tensor in [T, H, W, C] format in a video file
+    Writes a 4d tensor in [T, H, W, C] format in a video file.
+
+    This function relies on PyAV (therefore, ultimately FFmpeg) to encode
+    videos, you can get more fine-grained control by referring to the other
+    options at your disposal within `the FFMpeg wiki
+    <http://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki#Encoding>`_.
 
     .. warning::
 
@@ -78,12 +83,25 @@ def write_video(
             as a uint8 tensor in [T, H, W, C] format
         fps (Number): video frames per second
         video_codec (str): the name of the video codec, i.e. "libx264", "h264", etc.
-        options (Dict): dictionary containing options to be passed into the PyAV video stream
+        options (Dict): dictionary containing options to be passed into the PyAV video stream.
+            The list of options is codec-dependent and can all
+            be found from `the FFMpeg wiki <http://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki#Encoding>`_.
         audio_array (Tensor[C, N]): tensor containing the audio, where C is the number of channels
             and N is the number of samples
         audio_fps (Number): audio sample rate, typically 44100 or 48000
         audio_codec (str): the name of the audio codec, i.e. "mp3", "aac", etc.
-        audio_options (Dict): dictionary containing options to be passed into the PyAV audio stream
+        audio_options (Dict): dictionary containing options to be passed into the PyAV audio stream.
+            The list of options is codec-dependent and can all
+            be found from `the FFMpeg wiki <http://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki#Encoding>`_.
+
+    Examples::
+        >>> # Creating libx264 video with CRF 17, for visually lossless footage:
+        >>>
+        >>> from torchvision.io import write_video
+        >>> # 1000 frames of 100x100, 3-channel image.
+        >>> vid = torch.randn(1000, 100, 100, 3, dtype = torch.uint8)
+        >>> write_video("video.mp4", options = {"crf": "17"})
+
     """
     if not torch.jit.is_scripting() and not torch.jit.is_tracing():
         _log_api_usage_once(write_video)