An information processing apparatus includes a main display composed of an organic electronic luminescent including a light emitting layer and configured to display at least one instruction information in a first display area of a standby screen, and a control unit configured to perform such a control that an illumination time taken for transiting a lighting state of the main display from a first state to a second state is set, whether the illumination time elapses after the lighting state is set in the first state is determined, and when determined that the illumination time elapses after the lighting state is set in the first state, the lighting state is set from the first state to the second state, and in synchronism with this transition to the second state, the display of the instruction information displayed in the first display area on the main display is deleted.