diff --git a/hgext/narrow/narrowtemplates.py b/hgext/narrow/narrowtemplates.py
--- a/hgext/narrow/narrowtemplates.py
+++ b/hgext/narrow/narrowtemplates.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             return 'outsidenarrow'
     return ''
 
-@revsetpredicate('ellipsis')
+@revsetpredicate('ellipsis()')
 def ellipsisrevset(repo, subset, x):
     """Changesets that are ellipsis nodes."""
     return subset.filter(lambda r: _isellipsis(repo, r))