diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
index ddbca8cc58e26b..4213fdca506952 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ pub mut:
 	single_line_if     bool
 	cur_mod            string
 	did_imports        bool
-	is_assign          bool
-	is_struct_init     bool
 	auto_imports       []string          // automatically inserted imports that the user forgot to specify
 	import_pos         int               // position of the imports in the resulting string for later autoimports insertion
 	used_imports       []string          // to remove unused imports
@@ -48,7 +46,10 @@ pub mut:
 	inside_const       bool
 	inside_unsafe      bool
 	inside_comptime_if bool
+	is_assign          bool
+	is_index_expr      bool
 	is_mbranch_expr    bool // match a { x...y { } }
+	is_struct_init     bool
 	fn_scope           &ast.Scope = unsafe { nil }
 	wsinfix_depth      int
 	format_state       FormatState
@@ -2336,9 +2337,12 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) index_expr(node ast.IndexExpr) {
 			f.write('#')
 		}
 	}
+	last_index_expr_state := f.is_index_expr
+	f.is_index_expr = true
 	f.write('[')
 	f.expr(node.index)
 	f.write(']')
+	f.is_index_expr = last_index_expr_state
 	if node.or_expr.kind != .absent {
 		f.or_expr(node.or_expr)
 	}
@@ -2804,7 +2808,7 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) prefix_expr(node ast.PrefixExpr) {
 
 pub fn (mut f Fmt) range_expr(node ast.RangeExpr) {
 	f.expr(node.low)
-	if f.is_mbranch_expr {
+	if f.is_mbranch_expr && !f.is_index_expr {
 		f.write('...')
 	} else {
 		f.write('..')
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/match_expected.vv b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/match_expected.vv
index 182cb70043af9e..57d45e331ecf13 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/match_expected.vv
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/match_expected.vv
@@ -48,3 +48,11 @@ fn match_branch_extra_comma() {
 		else {}
 	}
 }
+
+fn match_index_range_expr(var string) string {
+	return match true {
+		var.len < 3 { 'i#' + var }
+		var[1..2].contains('#') { var }
+		else { 'i#' + var }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/match_input.vv b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/match_input.vv
index 18ac19dbfdbb96..a641f3bf686095 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/match_input.vv
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/match_input.vv
@@ -46,3 +46,11 @@ fn match_branch_extra_comma() {
 		else {}
 	}
 }
+
+fn match_index_range_expr(var string) string{
+	return match true {
+			var.len< 3{ 'i#' + var }
+			var[1..2].contains('#') { var }
+			else { 'i#' + var }
+		}
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/match_range_expression_branches_keep.vv b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/match_range_expression_branches_keep.vv
index 25303b947086a9..d26398cfcfa4df 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/match_range_expression_branches_keep.vv
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/match_range_expression_branches_keep.vv
@@ -13,3 +13,11 @@ pub fn str_escaped(b u8) string {
 	}
 	return str
 }
+
+fn match_index_range_expr(var string) {
+	println(match true {
+		var.len < 3 { 'i#' + var }
+		var[1..2].contains('#') { var }
+		else { 'i#' + var }
+	})
+}