diff --git a/tensordict/nn/common.py b/tensordict/nn/common.py
index b8d7ffb90..9b98be9d7 100644
--- a/tensordict/nn/common.py
+++ b/tensordict/nn/common.py
@@ -1069,10 +1069,12 @@ def __init__(
         except Exception:
             raise ValueError(self._OUT_KEY_ERR)
 
-        if type(module) is type or not callable(module):
+        if type(module) is type or (method is None and not callable(module)):
             raise ValueError(
                 f"Module {module} if type {type(module)} is not callable. "
-                f"Typical accepted types are nn.Module or TensorDictModule."
+                f"Typical accepted types are nn.Module or TensorDictModule. "
+                f"If you need to call a specific method from your module, pass the "
+                f"`method` keyword argument to the TensorDictModule constructor."
             )
         self.out_keys = out_keys
         self.in_keys = in_keys