diff --git a/changelog/14090.improvement.rst b/changelog/14090.improvement.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9706ef1e1b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/14090.improvement.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improvement gathering the ``wasxfail`` value when the ``pytest.mark.xfail`` fixture is combined with explicit calls to ``pytest.fail`` or ``pytest.xfail``.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/skipping.py b/src/_pytest/skipping.py
index 3b067629de0..13c433f9530 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/skipping.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/skipping.py
@@ -281,9 +281,12 @@ def pytest_runtest_makereport(
     xfailed = item.stash.get(xfailed_key, None)
     if item.config.option.runxfail:
         pass  # don't interfere
-    elif call.excinfo and isinstance(call.excinfo.value, xfail.Exception):
-        assert call.excinfo.value.msg is not None
-        rep.wasxfail = call.excinfo.value.msg
+    elif call.excinfo and isinstance(
+        call.excinfo.value, (fail.Exception, xfail.Exception)
+    ):
+        rep.wasxfail = getattr(call.excinfo.value, "msg", "")
+        if xfailed and xfailed.reason not in (None, ""):
+            rep.wasxfail = xfailed.reason
         rep.outcome = "skipped"
     elif not rep.skipped and xfailed:
         if call.excinfo:
diff --git a/testing/test_skipping.py b/testing/test_skipping.py
index e1e25e45468..f7278252098 100644
--- a/testing/test_skipping.py
+++ b/testing/test_skipping.py
@@ -1489,3 +1489,141 @@ def test_exit_reason_only():
     )
     result = pytester.runpytest(p)
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines("*_pytest.outcomes.Exit: foo*")
+
+
+class TestMarkXFailWithFailAndXFail:
+    def test_marked_xfail_with_reason_pytest_fail_with_reason(
+        self, pytester: Pytester
+    ) -> None:
+        item = pytester.getitem(
+            """
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="reason mark.xfail")
+            def test_func():
+                pytest.fail("reason pytest.fail")
+            """
+        )
+        reports = runtestprotocol(item, log=False)
+        assert len(reports) == 3
+        callreport = reports[1]
+        assert callreport.skipped
+        assert callreport.wasxfail == "reason mark.xfail"
+
+    def test_marked_xfail_with_reason_pytest_fail_without_reason(
+        self, pytester: Pytester
+    ) -> None:
+        item = pytester.getitem(
+            """
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="reason mark.xfail")
+            def test_func():
+                pytest.fail()
+            """
+        )
+        reports = runtestprotocol(item, log=False)
+        assert len(reports) == 3
+        callreport = reports[1]
+        assert callreport.skipped
+        assert callreport.wasxfail == "reason mark.xfail"
+
+    def test_marked_xfail_without_reason_pytest_fail_with_reason(
+        self, pytester: Pytester
+    ) -> None:
+        item = pytester.getitem(
+            """
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.mark.xfail
+            def test_func():
+                pytest.fail("reason pytest.fail")
+            """
+        )
+        reports = runtestprotocol(item, log=False)
+        assert len(reports) == 3
+        callreport = reports[1]
+        assert callreport.skipped
+        assert callreport.wasxfail == "reason pytest.fail"
+
+    def test_marked_xfail_without_reason_pytest_fail_without_reason(
+        self, pytester: Pytester
+    ) -> None:
+        item = pytester.getitem(
+            """
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.mark.xfail
+            def test_func():
+                pytest.fail()
+            """
+        )
+        reports = runtestprotocol(item, log=False)
+        assert len(reports) == 3
+        callreport = reports[1]
+        assert callreport.skipped
+        assert callreport.wasxfail == ""
+
+    def test_marked_xfail_with_reason_pytest_xfail_with_reason(
+        self, pytester: Pytester
+    ) -> None:
+        item = pytester.getitem(
+            """
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="reason mark.xfail")
+            def test_func():
+                pytest.xfail("reason pytest.xfail")
+            """
+        )
+        reports = runtestprotocol(item, log=False)
+        assert len(reports) == 3
+        callreport = reports[1]
+        assert callreport.skipped
+        assert callreport.wasxfail == "reason mark.xfail"
+
+    def test_marked_xfail_with_reason_pytest_xfail_without_reason(
+        self, pytester: Pytester
+    ) -> None:
+        item = pytester.getitem(
+            """
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="reason mark.xfail")
+            def test_func():
+                pytest.xfail()
+            """
+        )
+        reports = runtestprotocol(item, log=False)
+        assert len(reports) == 3
+        callreport = reports[1]
+        assert callreport.skipped
+        assert callreport.wasxfail == "reason mark.xfail"
+
+    def test_marked_xfail_without_reason_pytest_xfail_with_reason(
+        self, pytester: Pytester
+    ) -> None:
+        item = pytester.getitem(
+            """
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.mark.xfail
+            def test_func():
+                pytest.xfail("reason pytest.xfail")
+            """
+        )
+        reports = runtestprotocol(item, log=False)
+        assert len(reports) == 3
+        callreport = reports[1]
+        assert callreport.skipped
+        assert callreport.wasxfail == "reason pytest.xfail"
+
+    def test_marked_xfail_without_reason_pytest_xfail_without_reason(
+        self, pytester: Pytester
+    ) -> None:
+        item = pytester.getitem(
+            """
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.mark.xfail
+            def test_func():
+                pytest.xfail()
+            """
+        )
+        reports = runtestprotocol(item, log=False)
+        assert len(reports) == 3
+        callreport = reports[1]
+        assert callreport.skipped
+        assert callreport.wasxfail == ""