diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a5f6b2bf5..130333084 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 pub use crate::compression::{CompressionMethod, SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION_METHODS};
 pub use crate::read::HasZipMetadata;
 pub use crate::read::ZipArchive;
+pub use crate::spec::{ZIP64_BYTES_THR, ZIP64_ENTRY_THR};
 pub use crate::types::{AesMode, DateTime};
 pub use crate::write::ZipWriter;
 
diff --git a/src/spec.rs b/src/spec.rs
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 80cbdee0e..a75c4481e
--- a/src/spec.rs
+++ b/src/spec.rs
@@ -87,8 +87,56 @@ impl ExtraFieldMagic {
     pub const ZIP64_EXTRA_FIELD_TAG: Self = Self::literal(0x0001);
 }
 
-/// This should be equal to `0xFFFFFFFF`.
+/// The file size at which a ZIP64 record becomes necessary.
+///
+/// If a file larger than this threshold attempts to be written, compressed or uncompressed, and
+/// [`FileOptions::large_file()`](crate::write::FileOptions) was not true, then [`ZipWriter`] will
+/// raise an [`io::Error`] with [`io::ErrorKind::Other`].
+///
+/// If the zip file itself is larger than this value, then a zip64 central directory record will be
+/// written to the end of the file.
+///
+///```
+/// # fn main() -> Result<(), zip::result::ZipError> {
+/// use std::io::{self, Cursor, prelude::*};
+/// use std::error::Error;
+/// use zip::{ZipWriter, write::SimpleFileOptions};
+///
+/// let mut zip = ZipWriter::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));
+/// // Writing an extremely large file for this test is faster without compression.
+/// let options = SimpleFileOptions::default().compression_method(zip::CompressionMethod::Stored);
+///
+/// let big_len: usize = (zip::ZIP64_BYTES_THR as usize) + 1;
+/// let big_buf = vec![0u8; big_len];
+/// zip.start_file("zero.dat", options)?;
+/// // This is too big!
+/// let res = zip.write_all(&big_buf[..]).err().unwrap();
+/// assert_eq!(res.kind(), io::ErrorKind::Other);
+/// let description = format!("{}", &res);
+/// assert_eq!(description, "Large file option has not been set");
+/// // Attempting to write anything further to the same zip will still succeed, but the previous
+/// // failing entry has been removed.
+/// zip.start_file("one.dat", options)?;
+/// let zip = zip.finish_into_readable()?;
+/// let names: Vec<_> = zip.file_names().collect();
+/// assert_eq!(&names, &["one.dat"]);
+///
+/// // Create a new zip output.
+/// let mut zip = ZipWriter::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));
+/// // This time, create a zip64 record for the file.
+/// let options = options.large_file(true);
+/// zip.start_file("zero.dat", options)?;
+/// // This succeeds because we specified that it could be a large file.
+/// assert!(zip.write_all(&big_buf[..]).is_ok());
+/// # Ok(())
+/// # }
+///```
 pub const ZIP64_BYTES_THR: u64 = u32::MAX as u64;
+/// The number of entries within a single zip necessary to allocate a zip64 central
+/// directory record.
+///
+/// If more than this number of entries is written to a [`ZipWriter`], then [`ZipWriter::finish()`]
+/// will write out extra zip64 data to the end of the zip file.
 pub const ZIP64_ENTRY_THR: usize = u16::MAX as usize;
 
 /// # Safety