diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/changelog/changelog.html b/rhodecode/templates/changelog/changelog.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/changelog/changelog.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/changelog/changelog.html
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ ${c.repo_name} ${_('Changelog')} - ${c.r
 									%endif
 									%if h.is_hg(c.rhodecode_repo) and cs.branch:
 									<span class="branchtag" title="${'%s %s' % (_('branch'),cs.branch)}">
-									   ${h.link_to(cs.branch,h.url('files_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id))}</span>
+									   ${h.link_to(h.shorter(cs.branch),h.url('files_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id))}</span>
 									%endif
 									%for tag in cs.tags:
 										<span class="tagtag"  title="${'%s %s' % (_('tag'),tag)}">
-										${h.link_to(tag,h.url('files_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id))}</span>
+										${h.link_to(h.shorter(tag),h.url('files_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id))}</span>
 									%endfor
 								</span>
 						</div>