diff --git a/mercurial/templatekw.py b/mercurial/templatekw.py
--- a/mercurial/templatekw.py
+++ b/mercurial/templatekw.py
@@ -547,7 +547,8 @@ def showrevslist(name, revs, **args):
     revs = [str(r) for r in revs]  # ifcontains() needs a list of str
     f = _showlist(name, revs, **args)
     return _hybrid(f, revs,
-                   lambda x: {name: x, 'ctx': repo[int(x)], 'revcache': {}})
+                   lambda x: {name: x, 'ctx': repo[int(x)], 'revcache': {}},
+                   lambda d: d[name])
 
 @templatekeyword('subrepos')
 def showsubrepos(**args):
diff --git a/tests/test-command-template.t b/tests/test-command-template.t
--- a/tests/test-command-template.t
+++ b/tests/test-command-template.t
@@ -3433,6 +3433,11 @@ a revset item must be evaluated as an in
   $ hg log -l 1 -T '{revset("%s", "null") % "{rev}:{node|short}"}\n'
   -1:000000000000
 
+join() should pick '{rev}' from revset items:
+
+  $ hg log -R ../a -T '{join(revset("parents(%d)", rev), ", ")}\n' -r6
+  4, 5
+
 Test active bookmark templating
 
   $ hg book foo