diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 3d11c2e84..8520215b9 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -538,7 +538,13 @@ class Coder:
             )
         if self.gpt_prompts.example_messages:
             messages += [
-                dict(role="user", content="I switched to a new code base."),
+                dict(
+                    role="user",
+                    content=(
+                        "I switched to a new code base. Please don't consider the above files or"
+                        " try to edit them any longer."
+                    ),
+                ),
                 dict(role="assistant", content="Ok."),
             ]