diff --git a/packages/pigeon/example/app/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/Messages.java b/packages/pigeon/example/app/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/Messages.java
index 1f5aaebba66..479ff691e05 100644
--- a/packages/pigeon/example/app/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/Messages.java
+++ b/packages/pigeon/example/app/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/Messages.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v10.1.2), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon, do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 
 import android.util.Log;
diff --git a/packages/pigeon/example/app/android/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/flutter/pigeon_example_app/Messages.g.kt b/packages/pigeon/example/app/android/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/flutter/pigeon_example_app/Messages.g.kt
index 4aa5169e7f3..8d9dc6e5f3f 100644
--- a/packages/pigeon/example/app/android/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/flutter/pigeon_example_app/Messages.g.kt
+++ b/packages/pigeon/example/app/android/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/flutter/pigeon_example_app/Messages.g.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v10.1.2), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon, do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 
 
diff --git a/packages/pigeon/example/app/ios/Runner/Messages.g.swift b/packages/pigeon/example/app/ios/Runner/Messages.g.swift
index 3467edf3c3c..48b22d65706 100644
--- a/packages/pigeon/example/app/ios/Runner/Messages.g.swift
+++ b/packages/pigeon/example/app/ios/Runner/Messages.g.swift
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v10.1.2), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon, do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 
 import Foundation
diff --git a/packages/pigeon/example/app/lib/src/messages.g.dart b/packages/pigeon/example/app/lib/src/messages.g.dart
index 66ae5c55f33..ad7560805ec 100644
--- a/packages/pigeon/example/app/lib/src/messages.g.dart
+++ b/packages/pigeon/example/app/lib/src/messages.g.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v10.1.2), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon, do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 // ignore_for_file: public_member_api_docs, non_constant_identifier_names, avoid_as, unused_import, unnecessary_parenthesis, prefer_null_aware_operators, omit_local_variable_types, unused_shown_name, unnecessary_import
 
diff --git a/packages/pigeon/example/app/macos/Runner/messages.g.h b/packages/pigeon/example/app/macos/Runner/messages.g.h
index 5fb709ca3d2..f7cbe391105 100644
--- a/packages/pigeon/example/app/macos/Runner/messages.g.h
+++ b/packages/pigeon/example/app/macos/Runner/messages.g.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v10.1.2), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon, do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
diff --git a/packages/pigeon/example/app/macos/Runner/messages.g.m b/packages/pigeon/example/app/macos/Runner/messages.g.m
index 8a43bffac32..a74215d47f6 100644
--- a/packages/pigeon/example/app/macos/Runner/messages.g.m
+++ b/packages/pigeon/example/app/macos/Runner/messages.g.m
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v10.1.2), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon, do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 
 #import "messages.g.h"
diff --git a/packages/pigeon/example/app/windows/runner/messages.g.cpp b/packages/pigeon/example/app/windows/runner/messages.g.cpp
index 50053cf2334..a5fac7be46b 100644
--- a/packages/pigeon/example/app/windows/runner/messages.g.cpp
+++ b/packages/pigeon/example/app/windows/runner/messages.g.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v10.1.2), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon, do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 
 #undef _HAS_EXCEPTIONS
diff --git a/packages/pigeon/example/app/windows/runner/messages.g.h b/packages/pigeon/example/app/windows/runner/messages.g.h
index 917de2da37a..92ab57e3176 100644
--- a/packages/pigeon/example/app/windows/runner/messages.g.h
+++ b/packages/pigeon/example/app/windows/runner/messages.g.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v10.1.2), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon, do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 
 #ifndef PIGEON_MESSAGES_G_H_
diff --git a/packages/pigeon/tool/generate.dart b/packages/pigeon/tool/generate.dart
index 02e28ad81c1..99be94b83e1 100644
--- a/packages/pigeon/tool/generate.dart
+++ b/packages/pigeon/tool/generate.dart
@@ -19,12 +19,21 @@ import 'shared/generation.dart';
 
 const String _helpFlag = 'help';
 const String _formatFlag = 'format';
+const String _files = 'files';
+const String _test = 'test';
+const String _example = 'example';
+
+const List<String> _fileGroups = <String>[_test, _example];
 
 Future<void> main(List<String> args) async {
   final ArgParser parser = ArgParser()
     ..addFlag(_formatFlag, abbr: 'f', help: 'Autoformats after generation.')
     ..addFlag(_helpFlag,
-        negatable: false, abbr: 'h', help: 'Print this reference.');
+        negatable: false, abbr: 'h', help: 'Print this reference.')
+    ..addMultiOption(_files,
+        help:
+            'Select specific groups of files to generate; $_test or $_example. Defaults to both.',
+        allowed: _fileGroups);
 
   final ArgResults argResults = parser.parse(args);
   if (argResults.wasParsed(_helpFlag)) {
@@ -37,13 +46,29 @@ ${parser.usage}''');
 
   final String baseDir = p.dirname(p.dirname(Platform.script.toFilePath()));
 
-  print('Generating platform_test/ output...');
-  final int generateExitCode = await generateTestPigeons(baseDir: baseDir);
-  if (generateExitCode == 0) {
-    print('Generation complete!');
-  } else {
-    print('Generation failed; see above for errors.');
-    exit(generateExitCode);
+  final List<String>? toGenerate =
+      argResults.wasParsed(_files) ? argResults[_files] as List<String> : null;
+
+  if (toGenerate == null || toGenerate.contains(_test)) {
+    print('Generating platform_test/ output...');
+    final int generateExitCode = await generateTestPigeons(baseDir: baseDir);
+    if (generateExitCode == 0) {
+      print('Generation complete!');
+    } else {
+      print('Generation failed; see above for errors.');
+      exit(generateExitCode);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (toGenerate == null || toGenerate.contains(_example)) {
+    print('Generating example/ output...');
+    final int generateExitCode = await generateExamplePigeons();
+    if (generateExitCode == 0) {
+      print('Generation complete!');
+    } else {
+      print('Generation failed; see above for errors.');
+      exit(generateExitCode);
+    }
   }
 
   if (argResults.wasParsed(_formatFlag)) {
diff --git a/packages/pigeon/tool/run_tests.dart b/packages/pigeon/tool/run_tests.dart
index 4d1c4fa2cc9..42ee8183808 100644
--- a/packages/pigeon/tool/run_tests.dart
+++ b/packages/pigeon/tool/run_tests.dart
@@ -90,10 +90,7 @@ Future<void> _validateGeneratedExampleFiles() async {
   print('Validating generated files:');
   print('  Generating example output...');
 
-  final int generateExitCode = await runPigeon(
-    input: './example/app/pigeons/messages.dart',
-    basePath: './example/app',
-  );
+  final int generateExitCode = await generateExamplePigeons();
 
   if (generateExitCode != 0) {
     print('Generation failed; see above for errors.');
diff --git a/packages/pigeon/tool/shared/generation.dart b/packages/pigeon/tool/shared/generation.dart
index ee54f2f263d..14370ad14af 100644
--- a/packages/pigeon/tool/shared/generation.dart
+++ b/packages/pigeon/tool/shared/generation.dart
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ String _javaFilenameForName(String inputName) {
   return specialCases[inputName] ?? _snakeToPascalCase(inputName);
 }
 
+Future<int> generateExamplePigeons() async {
+  return runPigeon(
+    input: './example/app/pigeons/messages.dart',
+    basePath: './example/app',
+    suppressVersion: true,
+  );
+}
+
 Future<int> generateTestPigeons({required String baseDir}) async {
   // TODO(stuartmorgan): Make this dynamic rather than hard-coded. Or eliminate
   // it entirely; see https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/115169.