diff --git a/scripts/scm-prompt.sh b/scripts/scm-prompt.sh
--- a/scripts/scm-prompt.sh
+++ b/scripts/scm-prompt.sh
@@ -147,7 +147,11 @@
       if [[ -n "$allremotemarks" ]]; then
           local remotemark="$(_find_most_relevant "$allremotemarks")"
           if [[ -n "$remotemark" ]]; then
-            br="$br|${remotemark}..."
+            br="$br|$remotemark"
+            if [[ "$remotemark" != "$allremotemarks" ]]; then
+              # if there is more than one, let the user know with an elipsis
+              br="${br}..."
+            fi
           fi
       fi
     fi
diff --git a/tests/test-scm-prompt-hg.t b/tests/test-scm-prompt-hg.t
--- a/tests/test-scm-prompt-hg.t
+++ b/tests/test-scm-prompt-hg.t
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
   4b6cc7d5194bd5dbf63970015ec75f8fd1de6dba
   $ echo 4b6cc7d5194bd5dbf63970015ec75f8fd1de6dba bookmarks remote/@ > .hg/remotenames
   $ cmd
-  (4b6cc7d|remote/@...)
+  (4b6cc7d|remote/@)
 
 Test shared bookmarks
   $ cmd cd ..
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
   $ cmd hg branch blah
   marked working directory as branch blah
   (branches are permanent and global, did you want a bookmark?)
-  (4b6cc7d|remote/@...|blah)
+  (4b6cc7d|remote/@|blah)
   $ cmd hg commit -m blah
   (a742469|blah)
   $ cmd hg up -q default