diff --git a/api_list_config.yaml b/api_list_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2c8e573d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api_list_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+exclude:
+  - apigee.v1
diff --git a/api_names.yaml b/api_names.yaml
index f52efab71..3f1458f0c 100644
--- a/api_names.yaml
+++ b/api_names.yaml
@@ -965,6 +965,8 @@
 "/sheets:v4/sheets.spreadsheets.sheets.copyTo": copy_spreadsheet
 "/sheets:v4/sheets.spreadsheets.values.batchGet": batch_get_spreadsheet_values
 "/sheets:v4/sheets.spreadsheets.values.get": get_spreadsheet_values
+"/spanner:v1/spanner.projects.instances.backupOperations.list": list_project_instance_backupoperations
+"/spanner:v1/spanner.projects.instances.databaseOperations.list": list_project_instance_databaseoperations
 "/sqladmin:v1beta4/BackupRunsListResponse": list_backup_runs_response
 "/sqladmin:v1beta4/DatabasesListResponse": list_databases_response
 "/sqladmin:v1beta4/FlagsListResponse": list_flags_response
diff --git a/bin/generate-api b/bin/generate-api
index e91a1a26f..baca54b0f 100755
--- a/bin/generate-api
+++ b/bin/generate-api
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ end
 require 'open-uri'
 require 'google/apis/discovery_v1'
 require 'logger'
+require 'psych'
 
 module Google
   class ApiGenerator < Thor
@@ -77,8 +78,11 @@ module Google
       def generate_from_discovery(preferred_only: false)
         say 'Fetching API list'
         apis = discovery.list_apis
+        exclude_apis = api_list_config["exclude"] || []
         apis.items.each do |api|
-          if (preferred_only && !api.preferred?)
+          if exclude_apis.include? "#{api.name}.#{api.version}"
+            say "Ignoring excluded API #{api.name} #{api.version}"
+          elsif (preferred_only && !api.preferred?)
             say sprintf('Ignoring disoverable API %s', api.id)
           else
 	    # The Discovery service may returned cached versions of a Discovery document that are
@@ -109,6 +113,10 @@ module Google
         @generator ||= Google::Apis::Generator.new(api_names: options[:names], api_names_out: options[:names_out])
       end
 
+      def api_list_config
+        @api_list_config ||= Psych.load_file(__dir__ + "/../api_list_config.yaml")
+      end
+
       def ensure_active_support
         begin
           require 'active_support/inflector'
diff --git a/lib/google/apis/generator/annotator.rb b/lib/google/apis/generator/annotator.rb
index db3b38840..20b6ffa37 100644
--- a/lib/google/apis/generator/annotator.rb
+++ b/lib/google/apis/generator/annotator.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ module Google
         def pick_name(alt_name)
           preferred_name = @names[key]
           if preferred_name && preferred_name == alt_name
-            logger.warn { sprintf("Unnecessary name override '%s': %s", key, alt_name) }
+            # logger.warn { sprintf("Unnecessary name override '%s': %s", key, alt_name) }
           elsif preferred_name.nil?
             preferred_name = @names[key] = alt_name
           end