diff --git a/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst b/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7aa8dd25fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+RELEASE_TYPE: patch
+
+If multiple explicit examples (from :func:`@example() <hypothesis.example>`)
+raise a Skip exception, for consistency with generated examples we now re-raise
+the first instead of collecting them into an ExceptionGroup (:issue:`3453`).
diff --git a/hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/core.py b/hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/core.py
index 87af19d789a..80ff8d30631 100644
--- a/hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/core.py
+++ b/hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/core.py
@@ -437,7 +437,11 @@ def execute_explicit_examples(state, wrapped_test, arguments, kwargs, original_s
                     err = new
 
                 yield (fragments_reported, err)
-                if state.settings.report_multiple_bugs and pytest_shows_exceptiongroups:
+                if (
+                    state.settings.report_multiple_bugs
+                    and pytest_shows_exceptiongroups
+                    and not isinstance(err, skip_exceptions_to_reraise())
+                ):
                     continue
                 break
             finally:
@@ -1192,6 +1196,13 @@ def wrapped_test(*arguments, **kwargs):
                 # If we're not going to report multiple bugs, we would have
                 # stopped running explicit examples at the first failure.
                 assert len(errors) == 1 or state.settings.report_multiple_bugs
+
+                # If an explicit example raised a 'skip' exception, ensure it's never
+                # wrapped up in an exception group.  Because we break out of the loop
+                # immediately on finding a skip, if present it's always the last error.
+                if isinstance(errors[-1][1], skip_exceptions_to_reraise()):
+                    del errors[:-1]
+
                 _raise_to_user(errors, state.settings, [], " in explicit examples")
 
             # If there were any explicit examples, they all ran successfully.
diff --git a/hypothesis-python/tests/pytest/test_skipping.py b/hypothesis-python/tests/pytest/test_skipping.py
index 0433fe97069..4e504837fe2 100644
--- a/hypothesis-python/tests/pytest/test_skipping.py
+++ b/hypothesis-python/tests/pytest/test_skipping.py
@@ -39,3 +39,25 @@ def test_no_falsifying_example_if_pytest_skip(testdir):
     )
     out = "\n".join(result.stdout.lines)
     assert "Falsifying example" not in out
+
+
+def test_issue_3453_regression(testdir):
+    """If ``pytest.skip() is called during a test, Hypothesis should not
+    continue running the test and shrink process, nor should it print anything
+    about falsifying examples."""
+    script = testdir.makepyfile(
+        """
+from hypothesis import example, given, strategies as st
+import pytest
+
+@given(value=st.none())
+@example("hello")
+@example("goodbye")
+def test_skip_on_first_skipping_example(value):
+    assert value is not None
+    assert value != "hello"  # queue up a non-skip error which must be discarded
+    pytest.skip()
+"""
+    )
+    result = testdir.runpytest(script, "--tb=native", "-s")
+    result.assert_outcomes(skipped=1)