Is there a way to hide just the version number, but leave the generator tag?

Question

Is there a way to hide the version of WordPress being used, but only the version number? Specifically, I'd prefer the tag read

<meta name="generator" content="WordPress" />

instead of

<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 3.9" />

I know of the correct way to remove it altogether, but I'd rather not do that.

Answer 1

Why not use the correct way to remove it altogether and then add a new generator tag?

remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator');
add_action('wp_head', 'my_wp_generator');
function my_wp_generator() {
    echo '<meta name="generator" content="WordPress" />';
}