diff --git a/matl_compile.m b/matl_compile.m
index d1ab5ae..47d1d22 100644
--- a/matl_compile.m
+++ b/matl_compile.m
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 %
 % The multi-level clipboard L (variable 'CB_L') is a cell array of cells. The "outer" cells
 % refer to clipboard levels. The "inner cells" refer to copied elements within that clipboard 
-% level. CB_L is a dynamic cell array: outer cells are created on the fly
-% when clipboard levels are copied to.
+% level. CB_L is a dynamic cell array: outer cells are created on the fly when clipboard levels
+% are copied to.
 
 global indStepComp C implicitInputBlock
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
                 appendLines(implicitInputBlock, S(n).nesting); % code block for implicit input
                 newLines = { sprintf('condDoWhile%i = STACK{end}; if ~isreal(condDoWhile%i), condDoWhile%i = real(condDoWhile%i); end', S(n).nesting, S(n).nesting, S(n).nesting, S(n).nesting) ...
                     'STACK(end) = [];' ...
-                    sprintf('if condDoWhile%i, else', S(n).nesting) }; % We use 'if condDoWhile%i, else' rather than 'if ~condDoWhile%i'
+                    sprintf('if condDoWhile%i, else', S(n).nesting) }; % we use 'if condDoWhile%i, else' rather than 'if ~condDoWhile%i'
                     % so as to reproduce Matlab's behaviour when the condition is an array ('if ~condDoWhile%i' wouldn't do)
                 appendLines(newLines, S(n).nesting);
             elseif strcmp(S(S(n).from).type, 'controlFlow.while')
@@ -312,7 +312,25 @@
         case 'controlFlow.break'
             appendLines('break', S(n).nesting)
         case 'controlFlow.continue'
-            appendLines('continue', S(n).nesting)
+            if strcmp(S(S(n).from).type, 'controlFlow.for') || strcmp(S(S(n).from).type, 'controlFlow.doTwice') 
+                appendLines('continue', S(n).nesting)
+            elseif strcmp(S(S(n).from).type, 'controlFlow.doWhile')
+                % evaluate loop condition before 'continue', as would be done before 'end'. The
+                % loop condition has nesting corresponding to the "from" statement, not to the
+                % current statement
+                newLines = { sprintf('condDoWhile%i = STACK{end}; if ~isreal(condDoWhile%i), condDoWhile%i = real(condDoWhile%i); end', S(S(n).from).nesting, S(S(n).from).nesting, S(S(n).from).nesting, S(S(n).from).nesting) ...
+                        'STACK(end) = [];' ...
+                        'continue' };
+                appendLines(newLines, S(n).nesting);
+            elseif strcmp(S(S(n).from).type, 'controlFlow.while')
+                % same as for 'doWhile' loop, just changing the root of the name of the condition variable
+                newLines = { sprintf('condWhile%i = STACK{end}; if ~isreal(condWhile%i), condWhile%i = real(condWhile%i); end', S(S(n).from).nesting, S(S(n).from).nesting, S(S(n).from).nesting, S(S(n).from).nesting) ...
+                    'STACK(end) = [];' ...
+                    'continue' };
+                appendLines(newLines, S(n).nesting);
+            else
+                error('MATL:compiler:internal', 'MATL internal error while compiling statement %s%s%s', strongBegin, S(n).source, strongEnd)
+            end
         case 'controlFlow.forValue'
             k = S(S(n).from).nesting;
             appendLines(sprintf('STACK{end+1} = varFor%i;', k), S(n).nesting)
diff --git a/spec/MATL_spec.pdf b/spec/MATL_spec.pdf
index 743fe1b..1a04b9e 100644
Binary files a/spec/MATL_spec.pdf and b/spec/MATL_spec.pdf differ
diff --git a/spec/MATL_spec.tex b/spec/MATL_spec.tex
index a1ed5a3..33d6865 100644
--- a/spec/MATL_spec.tex
+++ b/spec/MATL_spec.tex
@@ -1597,11 +1597,12 @@ \section{Acknowledgments}
 % http://chat.stackoverflow.com/transcript/message/30154628#30154628
 % http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/82981/leyland-numbers#comment202388_82995
 \item
-\user{@sundar} for prompting me to clarify that strings are understood as row vectors of chars in MATL; for several corrections in the documentation, for a correction in \matl{Z\{}; for a correction in \matl{S}; and for suggesting the \matl{Zx} function, two-input char mode for \matl{Yo} and a modification in \matl{Yb}.
+\user{@sundar} for prompting me to clarify that strings are understood as row vectors of chars in MATL; for several corrections in the documentation, for a correction in \matl{Z\{}; for a correction in \matl{S}; for finding a bug in \matl{X.}; and for suggesting the \matl{Zx} function, two-input char mode for \matl{Yo} and a modification in \matl{Yb}.
 % https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/46222193#46222193
 % https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/166527/decoding-the-kaadi-system/168021#comment405995_168021
 % https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/45568841#45568841
 % https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/39466?m=45568698#45568698
+% https://github.com/lmendo/MATL/issues/11
 \item{@TasosPapastylianou} for pointing out that a shadowed function \matlab+disp(x)+ for symbolic \matlab+x+ can be called as \matlab+builtin('@sym/disp', x)+ in Octave (\matlab+builtin('disp', x)+ doesn't work).
 % https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58727452/how-to-call-a-shadowed-function-in-octave?noredirect=1#comment103801920_58727452
 \end{itemize}