An image forming apparatus rotationally moves a plurality of recording material storage units that store a recording material and includes a moving unit configured to move the recording material storage unit to a replacement position, and a detection unit configured to detect an in-motion status in which the recording material storage unit is moving to the replacement position. In addition, a determination unit determines either a first state or a second state of the image forming apparatus as the state of the image forming apparatus that is to replace the in-motion status and should be reported to a user when the detection unit detects the in-motion status should not be reported to a user. The first state is a state which is currently being reported to the user when it is detected that the recording material storage unit is in the in-motion status, and the second state is a state which transitions after the recording material storage unit moves to the replacement position, and the second state is a printing state in which the image forming apparatus is in printing.