diff --git a/test/test_backbone_utils.py b/test/test_backbone_utils.py
index a2b2406441e..0c8ae971929 100644
--- a/test/test_backbone_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_backbone_utils.py
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ def get_available_models():
     return [
         k
         for k, v in models.__dict__.items()
-        if callable(v) and k[0].lower() == k[0] and k[0] != "_" and k != "get_weight"
+        if callable(v)
+        and k[0].lower() == k[0]
+        and k[0] != "_"
+        and k != "get_weight"
+        and not k.startswith("enable_beta")
     ]
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_models.py b/test/test_models.py
index 0acef4dcef6..dcf11d2ce04 100644
--- a/test/test_models.py
+++ b/test/test_models.py
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ def get_models_from_module(module):
     return [
         v
         for k, v in module.__dict__.items()
-        if callable(v) and k[0].lower() == k[0] and k[0] != "_" and k != "get_weight"
+        if callable(v)
+        and k[0].lower() == k[0]
+        and k[0] != "_"
+        and k != "get_weight"
+        and not k.startswith("enable_beta")
     ]
 
 
diff --git a/torchvision/io/__init__.py b/torchvision/io/__init__.py
index 22788cef71e..7a117f011a3 100644
--- a/torchvision/io/__init__.py
+++ b/torchvision/io/__init__.py
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@
 from .video_reader import VideoReader
 
 
+_BETA_VIDEO_API_IS_ENABLED = False
+
+
+def enable_beta_video_api():
+    global _BETA_VIDEO_API_IS_ENABLED
+    _BETA_VIDEO_API_IS_ENABLED = True
+
+
 __all__ = [
     "write_video",
     "read_video",
diff --git a/torchvision/io/video_reader.py b/torchvision/io/video_reader.py
index 881b9d75bd4..bfa326bbda3 100644
--- a/torchvision/io/video_reader.py
+++ b/torchvision/io/video_reader.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import warnings
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator
 
 import torch
@@ -92,6 +93,16 @@ class VideoReader:
 
     def __init__(self, path: str, stream: str = "video", num_threads: int = 0, device: str = "cpu") -> None:
         _log_api_usage_once(self)
+        from . import _BETA_VIDEO_API_IS_ENABLED  # import here to avoid circular import
+
+        if not _BETA_VIDEO_API_IS_ENABLED:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "The VideoReader class is still in Beta stage, which means "
+                "that backward compatibility isn't fully guaranteed. "
+                "Please visit <SOME_URL> to learn more about what we are planning to change in future versions. "
+                "To silence this warning, please call torchvision.io.enable_beta_video_api."
+            )
+
         self.is_cuda = False
         device = torch.device(device)
         if device.type == "cuda":
diff --git a/torchvision/models/__init__.py b/torchvision/models/__init__.py
index 00b5ebefe55..35526a56526 100644
--- a/torchvision/models/__init__.py
+++ b/torchvision/models/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import importlib
+
 from .alexnet import *
 from .convnext import *
 from .densenet import *
@@ -13,9 +15,23 @@
 from .vgg import *
 from .vision_transformer import *
 from .swin_transformer import *
-from . import detection
 from . import optical_flow
 from . import quantization
 from . import segmentation
 from . import video
 from ._api import get_weight
+
+
+def __getattr__(name):
+    if name == "detection":
+        return importlib.import_module("." + name, __name__)
+    else:
+        raise AttributeError(f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}")
+
+
+_BETA_DETECTION_IS_ENABLED = False
+
+
+def enable_beta_detection():
+    global _BETA_DETECTION_IS_ENABLED
+    _BETA_DETECTION_IS_ENABLED = True
diff --git a/torchvision/models/detection/__init__.py b/torchvision/models/detection/__init__.py
index 4146651c737..909fc62face 100644
--- a/torchvision/models/detection/__init__.py
+++ b/torchvision/models/detection/__init__.py
@@ -5,3 +5,15 @@
 from .retinanet import *
 from .ssd import *
 from .ssdlite import *
+
+import warnings
+
+from .. import _BETA_DETECTION_IS_ENABLED
+
+if not _BETA_DETECTION_IS_ENABLED:
+    warnings.warn(
+        "The torchvision.models.detection module is still in Beta stage, which means "
+        "that backward compatibility isn't fully guaranteed. "
+        "Please visit <SOME_URL> to learn more about what we are planning to change in future versions. "
+        "To silence this warning, please call torchvision.models.enable_beta_detection."
+    )