diff --git a/templates/filediff.tmpl b/templates/filediff.tmpl
--- a/templates/filediff.tmpl
+++ b/templates/filediff.tmpl
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 <table>
 <tr>
  <td class="metatag">revision #rev#:</td>
- <td><a href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node#">#node#</a></td></tr>
+ <td><a href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node#">#node|short#</a></td></tr>
 <tr>
  <td class="metatag">parent #p1rev#:</td>
- <td><a href="?cmd=changeset;node=#p1#">#p1#</a></td></tr>
+ <td><a href="?cmd=changeset;node=#p1#">#p1|short#</a></td></tr>
 </table>
 
 <pre>