diff --git a/testsuite/tests/tool-caml-tex/ellipses.ml b/testsuite/tests/tool-caml-tex/ellipses.ml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..966355be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/tool-caml-tex/ellipses.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+(* TEST
+   reference="${test_source_directory}/ellipses.reference"
+   output="ellipses.output"
+   script = "${ocamlrun} ${ocamlsrcdir}/tools/caml-tex \
+   -repo-root ${ocamlsrcdir} ${test_source_directory}/${test_file} -o ${output}"
+  * native-compiler
+  ** script with unix,str
+  *** check-program-output
+*)
+
+\begin{caml_example*}{verbatim}
+let start = 0
+[@@@ellipsis.start]
+let hidden = succ start
+[@@@ellipsis.stop]
+let mid = succ hidden
+let[@ellipsis] statement = succ mid
+
+module E = struct end
+include E[@@ellipsis]
+
+let expr = succ statement[@ellipsis]
+
+let pat = match start with
+  | 0[@ellipsis] | 1 -> succ expr
+  | _ -> succ expr
+
+let case = match start with
+  | 0 -> succ pat
+  | _[@ellipsis.start] -> succ pat[@ellipsis.stop]
+
+
+let annot: int[@ellipsis] = succ case
+
+let subexpr = succ annot + (2[@ellipsis.stop] - 1[@ellipsis.start] * 2) - 2
+
+class[@ellipsis] c = object val x = succ subexpr end
+
+class c2 = object
+  val[@ellipsis] x = 0
+  val y = 1
+  method[@ellipsis] m = 2
+  method n = 3
+  [@@@ellipsis.start]
+  method l = 4
+  [@@@ellipsis.stop]
+end
+
+type t = A[@ellipsis] | B |C[@ellipsis.start] | D | E [@ellipsis.stop] | F
+type arrow = int -> (int -> int[@ellipsis])
+type record = { a:int; b:int[@ellipsis]; c:int;
+                d:int[@ellipsis.start]; e:int; f:int[@ellipsis.stop];
+                g:int }
+type polyvar = [`A|`B[@ellipsis] |`C
+               |`D[@ellipsis.start] | `E | `F [@ellipsis.stop]
+               | `G ]
+type exn += A[@ellipsis] | B |C[@ellipsis.start] | D | E [@ellipsis.stop] | F
+\end{caml_example*}
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/tool-caml-tex/ellipses.reference b/testsuite/tests/tool-caml-tex/ellipses.reference
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1498bb52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/tool-caml-tex/ellipses.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+(* TEST
+   reference="${test_source_directory}/ellipses.reference"
+   output="ellipses.output"
+   script = "${ocamlrun} ${ocamlsrcdir}/tools/caml-tex \
+   -repo-root ${ocamlsrcdir} ${test_source_directory}/${test_file} -o ${output}"
+  * native-compiler
+  ** script with unix,str
+  *** check-program-output
+*)
+
+\camlexample{verbatim}
+\caml\camlinput\?let start = 0
+\?\ldots
+\?let mid = succ hidden
+\?\ldots
+
+\?module E = struct end
+\?\ldots
+
+\?let expr = \ldots
+
+\?let pat = match start with
+\?  | \ldots | 1 -> succ expr
+\?  | _ -> succ expr
+
+\?let case = match start with
+\?  | 0 -> succ pat
+\?  | \ldots
+
+
+\?let annot: \ldots = succ case
+
+\?let subexpr = succ annot + (\ldots * 2) - 2
+
+\?\ldots
+
+\?class c2 = object
+\?  \ldots
+\?  val y = 1
+\?  \ldots
+\?  method n = 3
+\?  \ldots
+\?end
+
+\?type t = \ldots | B \ldots | F
+\?type arrow = int -> (\ldots)
+\?type record = { a:int; \ldots c:int;
+\?                \ldots
+\?                g:int }
+\?type polyvar = [\textasciigrave\-A|\ldots |\textasciigrave\-C
+\?               |\ldots
+\?               | \textasciigrave\-G ]
+\?type exn += \ldots | B \ldots | F
+\endcamlinput
+\endcaml
+\endcamlexample
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/tool-caml-tex/ocamltests b/testsuite/tests/tool-caml-tex/ocamltests
index 2b0ea2bc5..e543110f6 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/tool-caml-tex/ocamltests
+++ b/testsuite/tests/tool-caml-tex/ocamltests
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+ellipses.ml
 redirections.ml
diff --git a/tools/caml_tex.ml b/tools/caml_tex.ml
index 4c283eabf..108a0f666 100644
--- a/tools/caml_tex.ml
+++ b/tools/caml_tex.ml
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ module Ellipsis = struct
       let start = loc.L.loc_start.Lexing.pos_cnum in
       let attr_start = attr.P.attr_loc.L.loc_start.Lexing.pos_cnum in
       let attr_stop = attr.P.attr_loc.L.loc_end.Lexing.pos_cnum in
-      let stop = loc.L.loc_end.Lexing.pos_cnum in
+      let stop = max loc.L.loc_end.Lexing.pos_cnum attr_stop  in
       let check_nested () = match !left_mark with
         | Some (first,_) -> raise (Nested_ellipses {first; second=attr_start})
         | None -> () in
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ module Ellipsis = struct
       | "ellipsis" ->
           check_nested ();
           transforms :=
-            {Text_transform.kind=Ellipsis; start; stop=max attr_stop stop }
+            {Text_transform.kind=Ellipsis; start; stop }
             :: !transforms
       | "ellipsis.start" ->
           check_nested ();
@@ -534,7 +534,8 @@ module Ellipsis = struct
       | "ellipsis.stop" ->
           begin match !left_mark with
           | None -> raise (Unmatched_ellipsis {kind="right"; start; stop})
-          | Some (start, _ ) ->
+          | Some (start', stop' ) ->
+              let start, stop = min start start', max stop stop' in
               transforms := {kind=Ellipsis; start ; stop } :: !transforms;
               left_mark := None
           end