diff --git a/changelog/5928.bugfix.rst b/changelog/5928.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fbc53757d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/5928.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Report ``PytestUnknownMarkWarning`` at the level of the user's code, not ``pytest``'s.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py b/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py
index 2cab96d675a..4d5f706a259 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ def __getattr__(self, name: str) -> MarkDecorator:
                         "custom marks to avoid this warning - for details, see "
                         "https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/mark.html" % name,
                         PytestUnknownMarkWarning,
+                        2,
                     )
 
         return MarkDecorator(Mark(name, (), {}))