diff --git a/command/configtype_enumer.go b/command/configtype_enumer.go
index 5d02f0358..c7a5cf52a 100644
--- a/command/configtype_enumer.go
+++ b/command/configtype_enumer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Code generated by "enumer -type configType -trimprefix ConfigType -transform snake"; DO NOT EDIT.
 
-//
 package command
 
 import (
diff --git a/packer/fixconfigmode_enumer.go b/packer/fixconfigmode_enumer.go
index 82b09a633..715fa73f5 100644
--- a/packer/fixconfigmode_enumer.go
+++ b/packer/fixconfigmode_enumer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Code generated by "enumer -type FixConfigMode"; DO NOT EDIT.
 
-//
 package packer
 
 import (
diff --git a/provisioner/file/provisioner.hcl2spec.go b/provisioner/file/provisioner.hcl2spec.go
index 3a90f0f3f..d69461574 100644
--- a/provisioner/file/provisioner.hcl2spec.go
+++ b/provisioner/file/provisioner.hcl2spec.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type FlatConfig struct {
 	Destination         *string           `mapstructure:"destination" required:"true" cty:"destination" hcl:"destination"`
 	Direction           *string           `mapstructure:"direction" required:"false" cty:"direction" hcl:"direction"`
 	Generated           *bool             `mapstructure:"generated" required:"false" cty:"generated" hcl:"generated"`
+	Excludes            []string          `mapstructure:"excludes" required:"false" cty:"excludes" hcl:"excludes"`
 }
 
 // FlatMapstructure returns a new FlatConfig.
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func (*FlatConfig) HCL2Spec() map[string]hcldec.Spec {
 		"destination":                &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "destination", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
 		"direction":                  &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "direction", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
 		"generated":                  &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "generated", Type: cty.Bool, Required: false},
+		"excludes":                   &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "excludes", Type: cty.List(cty.String), Required: false},
 	}
 	return s
 }
diff --git a/provisioner/powershell/executionpolicy_enumer.go b/provisioner/powershell/executionpolicy_enumer.go
index b8157b9cf..eac957360 100644
--- a/provisioner/powershell/executionpolicy_enumer.go
+++ b/provisioner/powershell/executionpolicy_enumer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Code generated by "enumer -transform snake -trimprefix ExecutionPolicy -type ExecutionPolicy"; DO NOT EDIT.
 
-//
 package powershell
 
 import (
diff --git a/website/content/partials/provisioner/file/Config-not-required.mdx b/website/content/partials/provisioner/file/Config-not-required.mdx
index 1d30c3558..5e5f6a513 100644
--- a/website/content/partials/provisioner/file/Config-not-required.mdx
+++ b/website/content/partials/provisioner/file/Config-not-required.mdx
@@ -18,4 +18,9 @@
   the Packer run, but realize that there are situations where this may be
   unavoidable.
 
+- `excludes` ([]string) - A list of files or directories to exclude from the upload. This is
+  useful if you have a directory with many files and you only want to
+  upload a few of them. This only works if you are uploading a directory
+  and not a single file.
+
 <!-- End of code generated from the comments of the Config struct in provisioner/file/provisioner.go; -->