diff --git a/.ci/targets/repo_checks.yaml b/.ci/targets/repo_checks.yaml
index 4480a0b569c..eccc1431d5f 100644
--- a/.ci/targets/repo_checks.yaml
+++ b/.ci/targets/repo_checks.yaml
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ tasks:
     # to be converted. Once https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/102679
     # has been fixed, this can be removed --require-excerpts added to the
     # run above.
-  - name: README snippet validation
+  - name: README snippet configuration validation
     script: script/tool_runner.sh
     args: ["readme-check", "--require-excerpts", "--exclude=script/configs/temp_exclude_excerpt.yaml"]
     always: true
+  - name: README snippet validation
+    script: script/tool_runner.sh
+    args: ["update-excerpts", "--fail-on-change"]
+    always: true
   - name: Gradle validation
     script: script/tool_runner.sh
     args: ["gradle-check"]
diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 63e06aa906f..eae90c68ef4 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ task:
           - else
           -   ./script/tool_runner.sh federation-safety-check
           - fi
-    - name: readme_excerpts
-      env:
-        CIRRUS_CLONE_SUBMODULES: true
-      script: ./script/tool_runner.sh update-excerpts --fail-on-change
     ### Linux desktop tasks ###
     - name: linux-platform_tests
       # Don't run full platform tests on both channels in pre-submit.
diff --git a/script/tool/lib/src/update_excerpts_command.dart b/script/tool/lib/src/update_excerpts_command.dart
index a3a56fcaf18..6904dfdf02f 100644
--- a/script/tool/lib/src/update_excerpts_command.dart
+++ b/script/tool/lib/src/update_excerpts_command.dart
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ import 'common/package_looping_command.dart';
 import 'common/repository_package.dart';
 
 class _UpdateResult {
-  const _UpdateResult(this.changed, this.errors);
+  const _UpdateResult(this.changed, this.snippetCount, this.errors);
   final bool changed;
+  final int snippetCount;
   final List<String> errors;
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ class UpdateExcerptsCommand extends PackageLoopingCommand {
   final String description = 'Updates code excerpts in .md files, based '
       'on code from code files, via <?code-excerpt?> pragmas.';
 
+  @override
+  bool get hasLongOutput => false;
+
   @override
   Future<PackageResult> runForPackage(RepositoryPackage package) async {
     final List<File> changedFiles = <File>[];
@@ -56,6 +60,12 @@ class UpdateExcerptsCommand extends PackageLoopingCommand {
         .toList();
     for (final File file in markdownFiles) {
       final _UpdateResult result = _updateExcerptsIn(file);
+      if (result.snippetCount > 0) {
+        final String displayPath =
+            getRelativePosixPath(file, from: package.directory);
+        print('${indentation}Checked ${result.snippetCount} snippet(s) in '
+            '$displayPath.');
+      }
       if (result.changed) {
         changedFiles.add(file);
       }
@@ -65,22 +75,23 @@ class UpdateExcerptsCommand extends PackageLoopingCommand {
     }
 
     if (errors.isNotEmpty) {
-      printError('Injecting excerpts failed:');
-      printError(errors.join('\n'));
+      printError('${indentation}Injecting excerpts failed:');
+      printError(errors.join('\n$indentation'));
       return PackageResult.fail();
     }
 
     if (getBoolArg(_failOnChangeFlag) && changedFiles.isNotEmpty) {
       printError(
-        'The following files have out of date excerpts:\n'
-        '  ${changedFiles.map((File file) => file.path).join("\n  ")}\n'
+        '${indentation}The following files have out of date excerpts:\n'
+        '$indentation  ${changedFiles.map((File file) => file.path).join("\n$indentation  ")}\n'
         '\n'
-        'If you edited code in a .md file directly, you should instead edit the '
-        'files that contain the sources of the excerpts.\n'
-        'If you did edit those source files, run the repository tooling\'s "$name" '
-        'command on this package, and update your PR with the resulting changes.\n'
+        '${indentation}If you edited code in a .md file directly, you should '
+        'instead edit the files that contain the sources of the excerpts.\n'
+        '${indentation}If you did edit those source files, run the repository '
+        'tooling\'s "$name" command on this package, and update your PR with '
+        'the resulting changes.\n'
         '\n'
-        'For more information, see '
+        '${indentation}For more information, see '
         'https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Contributing-to-Plugins-and-Packages#readme-code',
       );
       return PackageResult.fail();
@@ -98,6 +109,7 @@ class UpdateExcerptsCommand extends PackageLoopingCommand {
 
   _UpdateResult _updateExcerptsIn(File file) {
     bool detectedChange = false;
+    int snippetCount = 0;
     final List<String> errors = <String>[];
     Directory pathBase = file.parent;
     final StringBuffer output = StringBuffer();
@@ -118,6 +130,7 @@ class UpdateExcerptsCommand extends PackageLoopingCommand {
             } else {
               match = _injectPattern.firstMatch(line);
               if (match != null) {
+                snippetCount++;
                 final String excerptPath =
                     path.normalize(match.namedGroup('path')!);
                 final File excerptSourceFile = pathBase.childFile(excerptPath);
@@ -165,7 +178,9 @@ class UpdateExcerptsCommand extends PackageLoopingCommand {
               errors.add(
                   '${file.path}:$lineNumber: code block was followed by a space character instead of the language (expected "$language")');
               mode = _ExcerptParseMode.injecting;
-            } else if (line != '```$language' && line != '```rfwtxt' && line != '```json') {
+            } else if (line != '```$language' &&
+                line != '```rfwtxt' &&
+                line != '```json') {
               // We special-case rfwtxt and json because the rfw package extracts such sections from Dart files.
               // If we get more special cases we should think about a more general solution.
               errors.add(
@@ -204,7 +219,7 @@ class UpdateExcerptsCommand extends PackageLoopingCommand {
         }
       }
     }
-    return _UpdateResult(detectedChange, errors);
+    return _UpdateResult(detectedChange, snippetCount, errors);
   }
 
   String _extractExcerpt(File excerptSourceFile, String section,
diff --git a/script/tool/test/update_excerpts_command_test.dart b/script/tool/test/update_excerpts_command_test.dart
index 1e9022afaa6..71cf836616b 100644
--- a/script/tool/test/update_excerpts_command_test.dart
+++ b/script/tool/test/update_excerpts_command_test.dart
@@ -417,6 +417,36 @@ Y
 ```
 ''');
   });
+
+  test('logs snippets checked', () async {
+    final RepositoryPackage package =
+        createFakePackage('a_package', packagesDir);
+    package.readmeFile.writeAsStringSync('''
+Example:
+
+<?code-excerpt "main.dart (SomeSection)"?>
+```dart
+A B C
+```
+''');
+    package.directory.childFile('main.dart').writeAsStringSync('''
+FAIL
+// #docregion SomeSection
+A B C
+// #enddocregion SomeSection
+FAIL
+''');
+
+    final List<String> output =
+        await runCapturingPrint(runner, <String>['update-excerpts']);
+
+    expect(
+      output,
+      containsAllInOrder(<Matcher>[
+        contains('Checked 1 snippet(s) in README.md.'),
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
 }
 
 void main() {