diff --git a/src/text/template/parse/parse.go b/src/text/template/parse/parse.go
index b0cbe9dfc8b0c..ce548b08865d8 100644
--- a/src/text/template/parse/parse.go
+++ b/src/text/template/parse/parse.go
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ func (t *Tree) action() (n Node) {
 //	{{break}}
 // Break keyword is past.
 func (t *Tree) breakControl(pos Pos, line int) Node {
-	if token := t.next(); token.typ != itemRightDelim {
-		t.unexpected(token, "in {{break}}")
+	if token := t.nextNonSpace(); token.typ != itemRightDelim {
+		t.unexpected(token, "{{break}}")
 	}
 	if t.rangeDepth == 0 {
 		t.errorf("{{break}} outside {{range}}")
@@ -428,8 +428,8 @@ func (t *Tree) breakControl(pos Pos, line int) Node {
 //	{{continue}}
 // Continue keyword is past.
 func (t *Tree) continueControl(pos Pos, line int) Node {
-	if token := t.next(); token.typ != itemRightDelim {
-		t.unexpected(token, "in {{continue}}")
+	if token := t.nextNonSpace(); token.typ != itemRightDelim {
+		t.unexpected(token, "{{continue}}")
 	}
 	if t.rangeDepth == 0 {
 		t.errorf("{{continue}} outside {{range}}")
diff --git a/src/text/template/parse/parse_test.go b/src/text/template/parse/parse_test.go
index 0c4778c7b3b7f..fdb25d78f5510 100644
--- a/src/text/template/parse/parse_test.go
+++ b/src/text/template/parse/parse_test.go
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ var parseTests = []parseTest{
 	{"newline in pipeline", "{{\n\"x\"\n|\nprintf\n}}", noError, `{{"x" | printf}}`},
 	{"newline in comment", "{{/*\nhello\n*/}}", noError, ""},
 	{"newline in comment", "{{-\n/*\nhello\n*/\n-}}", noError, ""},
+	{"spaces around continue", "{{range .SI}}{{.}}{{ continue }}{{end}}", noError,
+		`{{range .SI}}{{.}}{{continue}}{{end}}`},
+	{"spaces around break", "{{range .SI}}{{.}}{{ break }}{{end}}", noError,
+		`{{range .SI}}{{.}}{{break}}{{end}}`},
 
 	// Errors.
 	{"unclosed action", "hello{{range", hasError, ""},