diff --git a/contrib/zsh_completion b/contrib/zsh_completion
--- a/contrib/zsh_completion
+++ b/contrib/zsh_completion
@@ -174,11 +174,10 @@ typeset -A _hg_cmd_globals
 
   _hg_cmd tags | while read tag
   do
-    tags+=(${tag/ #    [0-9]#:*})
+    tags+=(${tag/ #[0-9]#:*})
   done
-  (( $#tags )) && _describe -t tags 'tags' tags
+  (( $#tags )) && _describe -t tags 'tags' tags
 }
-
 _hg_bookmarks() {
   typeset -a bookmark bookmarks
 
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ typeset -A _hg_cmd_globals
 
   _hg_cmd branches | while read branch
   do
-    branches+=(${branch/ #    [0-9]#:*})
+    branches+=(${branch/ #[0-9]#:*})
   done
   (( $#branches )) && _describe -t branches 'branches' branches
 }