diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/webcommands.py b/mercurial/hgweb/webcommands.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/webcommands.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/webcommands.py
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ def manifest(web, req, tmpl):
                 archives=web.archivelist(hex(node)),
                 tags=webutil.nodetagsdict(web.repo, node),
                 bookmarks=webutil.nodebookmarksdict(web.repo, node),
+                branch=webutil.nodebranchnodefault(ctx),
                 inbranch=webutil.nodeinbranch(web.repo, ctx),
                 branches=webutil.nodebranchdict(web.repo, ctx))
 
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/paper/manifest.tmpl b/mercurial/templates/paper/manifest.tmpl
--- a/mercurial/templates/paper/manifest.tmpl
+++ b/mercurial/templates/paper/manifest.tmpl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 <div class="main">
 <h2 class="breadcrumb"><a href="/">Mercurial</a> {pathdef%breadcrumb}</h2>
-<h3>directory {path|escape} @ {rev}:{node|short} {tags%changelogtag}</h3>
+<h3>directory {path|escape} @ {rev}:{node|short} {branch%changelogbranchname}{tags%changelogtag}{bookmarks%changelogtag}</h3>
 
 <form class="search" action="{url|urlescape}log">
 {sessionvars%hiddenformentry}