diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index 78b0094dc0..b696008c87 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -2040,7 +2040,10 @@ double get_rotation(AVStream *st)
     theta -= 360*floor(theta/360 + 0.9/360);
 
     if (fabs(theta - 90*round(theta/90)) > 2)
-        av_log_ask_for_sample(NULL, "Odd rotation angle\n");
+        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Odd rotation angle.\n"
+               "If you want to help, upload a sample "
+               "of this file to ftp://upload.ffmpeg.org/incoming/ "
+               "and contact the ffmpeg-devel mailing list. (ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org)");
 
     return theta;
 }
diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 9dcd641d8f..f76683046d 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -2063,12 +2063,13 @@ static int decode_video(InputStream *ist, AVPacket *pkt, int *got_output)
         if (ist->dec_ctx->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_H264) {
             ist->st->codec->has_b_frames = ist->dec_ctx->has_b_frames;
         } else
-            av_log_ask_for_sample(
-                ist->dec_ctx,
-                "has_b_frames is larger in decoder than demuxer %d > %d ",
-                ist->dec_ctx->has_b_frames,
-                ist->st->codec->has_b_frames
-            );
+            av_log(ist->dec_ctx, AV_LOG_WARNING,
+                   "has_b_frames is larger in decoder than demuxer %d > %d.\n"
+                   "If you want to help, upload a sample "
+                   "of this file to ftp://upload.ffmpeg.org/incoming/ "
+                   "and contact the ffmpeg-devel mailing list. (ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org)",
+                   ist->dec_ctx->has_b_frames,
+                   ist->st->codec->has_b_frames);
     }
 
     if (*got_output || ret<0)