diff --git a/mercurial/templates/paper/branches.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/paper/branches.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/paper/branches.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/paper/branches.tmpl
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ files, or words in the commit message</d
  <th>branch</th>
  <th>node</th>
 </tr>
+<tbody class="stripes2">
 {entries % branchentry}
+</tbody>
 </table>
 </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/paper/map b/mercurial/templates/paper/map
--- a/mercurial/templates/paper/map
+++ b/mercurial/templates/paper/map
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ bookmarkentry = '
   </tr>'
 branches = branches.tmpl
 branchentry = '
-  <tr class="tagEntry parity{parity}">
+  <tr class="tagEntry">
     <td>
       <a href="{url|urlescape}shortlog/{node|short}{sessionvars%urlparameter}" class="{status}">
         {branch|escape}