diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 8289e2ce4..a78ca30a9 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ class Coder:
         attribute_committer=True,
         attribute_commit_message=False,
         aider_commit_hashes=None,
+        map_mul_no_files=8,
     ):
         if not fnames:
             fnames = []
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ class Coder:
         if not self.repo:
             self.find_common_root()
 
+        max_inp_tokens = self.main_model.info.get("max_input_tokens") or 0
         if main_model.use_repo_map and self.repo and self.gpt_prompts.repo_content_prefix:
             self.repo_map = RepoMap(
                 map_tokens,
@@ -331,7 +333,8 @@ class Coder:
                 io,
                 self.gpt_prompts.repo_content_prefix,
                 self.verbose,
-                self.main_model.info.get("max_input_tokens"),
+                max_inp_tokens,
+                map_mul_no_files=map_mul_no_files,
             )
 
         if max_chat_history_tokens is None:
diff --git a/aider/commands.py b/aider/commands.py
index 571b9372b..36cc020ca 100644
--- a/aider/commands.py
+++ b/aider/commands.py
@@ -662,6 +662,8 @@ class Commands:
             from_coder=self.coder,
             edit_format="help",
             summarize_from_coder=False,
+            map_tokens=512,
+            map_mul_no_files=1,
         )
         user_msg = self.help.ask(args)
         user_msg += """
diff --git a/aider/repomap.py b/aider/repomap.py
index 381a61d46..b9dc3662a 100644
--- a/aider/repomap.py
+++ b/aider/repomap.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class RepoMap:
         repo_content_prefix=None,
         verbose=False,
         max_context_window=None,
+        map_mul_no_files=8,
     ):
         self.io = io
         self.verbose = verbose
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ class RepoMap:
         self.load_tags_cache()
 
         self.max_map_tokens = map_tokens
+        self.map_mul_no_files = map_mul_no_files
         self.max_context_window = max_context_window
 
         self.token_count = main_model.token_count
@@ -70,10 +72,12 @@ class RepoMap:
         max_map_tokens = self.max_map_tokens
 
         # With no files in the chat, give a bigger view of the entire repo
-        MUL = 8
         padding = 4096
         if max_map_tokens and self.max_context_window:
-            target = min(max_map_tokens * MUL, self.max_context_window - padding)
+            target = min(
+                max_map_tokens * self.map_mul_no_files,
+                self.max_context_window - padding,
+            )
         else:
             target = 0
         if not chat_files and self.max_context_window and target > 0: