diff --git a/doc/rst/source/movie.rst b/doc/rst/source/movie.rst
index 97f38f72d76..e0bf78c67e1 100644
--- a/doc/rst/source/movie.rst
+++ b/doc/rst/source/movie.rst
@@ -527,11 +527,25 @@ Other Movie Formats
 
 As configured, **movie** only offers the MP4 and WebM formats for movies.  The conversion is performed by the
 tool `FFmpeg <https://www.ffmpeg.org/>`_, which has more codecs and processing options than there are children in China.
-If you wish to run FFmpeg with other options, select mp4 and run **movie** with verbose information on (**-Vi**).
+If you wish to run FFmpeg with other options, run **movie** with one of the two video formats.
 At the end it will print the FFmpeg command used.  You can copy, paste, and modify this command to
 select other codecs, bit-rates, and arguments.  You can also use the PNG sequence as input to tools such
 as QuickTime Player, iMovie, MovieMaker, and other commercial programs to make a movie that way.
 
+Remaking Movie with Existing PNG Frames
+---------------------------------------
+
+Perhaps you made your movie and then decided you want to change the frame rate or adjust something else in
+how the movie is put together from all the still images.  If you kept all the frame images then
+you do not have to rerun the whole render process.  Assuming you want a MP4 movie and that you
+want to rerun just the ffmpeg command, here is an example::
+
+    ffmpeg -loglevel warning -f image2 -framerate 24 -y -i "mydir/myimages_%04d.png" -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p mymovie.mp4
+
+This command is also written out when movie performs this step.
+For other movie formats you will need to consult the `FFmpeg <https://www.ffmpeg.org/>`_ documentation.
+**Note**: On Windows, the percentage character is special (like the dollar sign under shells) so you will need to enter two (%%).
+
 Manipulating Multiple Movies
 ----------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/movie.c b/src/movie.c
index 6ed04fd1281..1429be48591 100644
--- a/src/movie.c
+++ b/src/movie.c
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ EXTERN_MSC int GMT_movie (void *V_API, int mode, void *args) {
 		}
 		sprintf (cmd, "gm convert -delay %u -loop %u +dither %s%c%s_%s.%s %s.gif", delay, Ctrl->A.loops, workdir, dir_sep, Ctrl->N.prefix, files, MOVIE_RASTER_EXTENSION, Ctrl->N.prefix);
 		gmt_sleep (MOVIE_PAUSE_A_SEC);	/* Wait 1 second to ensure all files are synced before building the movie */
-		GMT_Report (API, GMT_MSG_INFORMATION, "Running: %s\n", cmd);
+		GMT_Report (API, GMT_MSG_NOTICE, "Running: %s\n", cmd);
 		if ((error = system (cmd))) {
 			GMT_Report (API, GMT_MSG_ERROR, "Running GIF conversion returned error %d - exiting.\n", error);
 			Return (GMT_RUNTIME_ERROR);
@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ EXTERN_MSC int GMT_movie (void *V_API, int mode, void *args) {
 		sprintf (cmd, "ffmpeg -loglevel %s -f image2 -framerate %g -y -i \"%s%c%s_%s.%s\" -vcodec libx264 %s -pix_fmt yuv420p %s.mp4",
 			extra, Ctrl->D.framerate, workdir, dir_sep, Ctrl->N.prefix, png_file, MOVIE_RASTER_EXTENSION, (Ctrl->F.options[MOVIE_MP4]) ? Ctrl->F.options[MOVIE_MP4] : "", Ctrl->N.prefix);
 		gmt_sleep (MOVIE_PAUSE_A_SEC);	/* Wait 1 second to ensure all files are synced before building the movie */
-		GMT_Report (API, GMT_MSG_INFORMATION, "Running: %s\n", cmd);
+		GMT_Report (API, GMT_MSG_NOTICE, "Running: %s\n", cmd);
 		if ((error = system (cmd))) {
 			GMT_Report (API, GMT_MSG_ERROR, "Running FFmpeg conversion to MP4 returned error %d - exiting.\n", error);
 			Return (GMT_RUNTIME_ERROR);
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ EXTERN_MSC int GMT_movie (void *V_API, int mode, void *args) {
 			extra, Ctrl->D.framerate, workdir, dir_sep, Ctrl->N.prefix, png_file, MOVIE_RASTER_EXTENSION, vpx[Ctrl->F.transparent],
 			(Ctrl->F.options[MOVIE_WEBM]) ? Ctrl->F.options[MOVIE_WEBM] : "", pix_fmt[Ctrl->F.transparent], Ctrl->N.prefix);
 		gmt_sleep (MOVIE_PAUSE_A_SEC);	/* Wait 1 second to ensure all files are synced before building the movie */
-		GMT_Report (API, GMT_MSG_INFORMATION, "Running: %s\n", cmd);
+		GMT_Report (API, GMT_MSG_NOTICE, "Running: %s\n", cmd);
 		if ((error = system (cmd))) {
 			GMT_Report (API, GMT_MSG_ERROR, "Running FFmpeg conversion to webM returned error %d - exiting.\n", error);
 			Return (GMT_RUNTIME_ERROR);