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diff --git a/lisp/info.el b/lisp/info.el
index ad62940f99a..8b0558d898e 100644
--- a/lisp/info.el
+++ b/lisp/info.el
@@ -2805,6 +2805,11 @@ Give an empty topic name to go to the Index node itself."
(kill-buffer Info-complete-menu-buffer)))))
(if (equal Info-current-file "dir")
(error "The Info directory node has no index; use m to select a manual"))
+ ;; Strip leading colon in topic; index format does not allow them.
+ (if (and (stringp topic)
+ (> (length topic) 0)
+ (= (aref topic 0) ?:))
+ (setq topic (substring topic 1)))
(let ((orignode Info-current-node)
(pattern (format "\n\\* +\\([^\n]*%s[^\n]*\\):[ \t]+\\([^\n]*\\)\\.\\(?:[ \t\n]*(line +\\([0-9]+\\))\\)?"
(regexp-quote topic)))