diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 2e1b2b4ff7aff0..0faa72cb131cdf 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -1227,7 +1227,9 @@ static void abbrev_sha1_in_line(struct strbuf *line)
 	int i;
 
 	if (starts_with(line->buf, "exec ") ||
-	    starts_with(line->buf, "x "))
+	    starts_with(line->buf, "x ") ||
+	    starts_with(line->buf, "label ") ||
+	    starts_with(line->buf, "l "))
 		return;
 
 	split = strbuf_split_max(line, ' ', 3);