diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 4edea532c..fc74b7979 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ class Coder:
 
         return matches
 
-    def get_repo_map(self):
+    def get_repo_map(self, force_refresh=False):
         if not self.repo_map:
             return
 
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ class Coder:
             other_files,
             mentioned_fnames=mentioned_fnames,
             mentioned_idents=mentioned_idents,
+            force_refresh=force_refresh,
         )
 
         # fall back to global repo map if files in chat are disjoint from rest of repo
diff --git a/aider/commands.py b/aider/commands.py
index 658aa17a9..12f45be27 100644
--- a/aider/commands.py
+++ b/aider/commands.py
@@ -1049,9 +1049,7 @@ class Commands:
         "Force a refresh of the repository map and print it out"
         repo_map = self.coder.get_repo_map(force_refresh=True)
         if repo_map:
-            self.io.tool_output(repo_map)
-        else:
-            self.io.tool_output("No repository map available.")
+            self.io.tool_output("The repo map has been refreshed, use /map to view it.")
 
 
 def expand_subdir(file_path):