diff --git a/pkg/kgo/client.go b/pkg/kgo/client.go
index 322e9f10..898f1105 100644
--- a/pkg/kgo/client.go
+++ b/pkg/kgo/client.go
@@ -560,7 +560,9 @@ func (cl *Client) Ping(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 // PurgeTopicsFromClient internally removes all internal information about the
-// input topics.
+// input topics. If you you want to purge information for only consuming or
+// only producing, see the related functions [PurgeTopicsFromConsuming] and
+// [PurgeTopicsFromProducing].
 //
 // For producing, this clears all knowledge that these topics have ever been
 // produced to. Producing to the topic again may result in out of order
@@ -610,6 +612,34 @@ func (cl *Client) PurgeTopicsFromClient(topics ...string) {
 	cl.mappedMetaMu.Unlock()
 }
 
+// PurgeTopicsFromProducing internally removes all internal information for
+// producing about the input topics. This runs the producer bit of logic that
+// is documented in [PurgeTopicsFromClient]; see that function for more
+// details.
+func (cl *Client) PurgeTopicsFromProducing(topics ...string) {
+	if len(topics) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	sort.Strings(topics)
+	cl.blockingMetadataFn(func() {
+		cl.producer.purgeTopics(topics)
+	})
+}
+
+// PurgeTopicsFromConsuming internally removes all internal information for
+// consuming about the input topics. This runs the consumer bit of logic that
+// is documented in [PurgeTopicsFromClient]; see that function for more
+// details.
+func (cl *Client) PurgeTopicsFromConsuming(topics ...string) {
+	if len(topics) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	sort.Strings(topics)
+	cl.blockingMetadataFn(func() {
+		cl.consumer.purgeTopics(topics)
+	})
+}
+
 // Parse broker IP/host and port from a string, using the default Kafka port if
 // unspecified. Supported address formats:
 //