diff --git a/src/FixedSizeArray.jl b/src/FixedSizeArray.jl
index 9b5f917..26f63df 100644
--- a/src/FixedSizeArray.jl
+++ b/src/FixedSizeArray.jl
@@ -354,7 +354,12 @@ end
 # `getindex` with a `Colon` for the index: better effects than with the generic fallback
 
 function Base.getindex(a::FixedSizeArray, ::Colon)
-    copy(a)
+    c = copy(a)
+    if a isa AbstractVector
+        c
+    else
+        reshape(c, :)
+    end
 end
 
 # `copyto!`
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 8aba697..18ed3b3 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ end
             m = FixedSizeArray(rand(2, 2))::FixedSizeArray
             @test m == copy(m)
             @test m !== copy(m)
-            @test m == m[:]
+            @test reshape(m, :) == m[:]
             @test m !== m[:]
         end
 
@@ -708,4 +708,13 @@ end
             tuple(m...)
        end[] == NTuple{3, Int}
     end
+
+    @testset "getindex with a single colon must return an `AbstractVector`" begin
+        for m in 0:3
+            @test let a = FixedSizeArray{Float32}(undef, ntuple(Returns(1), m))
+                a::AbstractArray{<:Any, m}
+                a[:] isa AbstractVector
+            end
+        end
+    end
 end