diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/manual_non_exhaustive.rs b/clippy_lints/src/manual_non_exhaustive.rs
index 0e22485db2c..9fe55d819da 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/manual_non_exhaustive.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/manual_non_exhaustive.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use clippy_utils::msrvs::{self, Msrv};
 use clippy_utils::source::snippet_opt;
 use rustc_ast::ast::{self, VisibilityKind};
+use rustc_ast::attr;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashSet;
 use rustc_errors::Applicability;
 use rustc_hir::def::{CtorKind, CtorOf, DefKind, Res};
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ fn check_item(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, item: &'tcx hir::Item<'_>) {
             let mut iter = def.variants.iter().filter_map(|v| {
                 (matches!(v.data, hir::VariantData::Unit(_, _))
                     && v.ident.as_str().starts_with('_')
-                    && is_doc_hidden(cx.tcx.hir().attrs(v.hir_id)))
+                    && is_doc_hidden(cx.tcx.hir().attrs(v.hir_id))
+                    && !attr::contains_name(cx.tcx.hir().attrs(item.hir_id()), sym::non_exhaustive))
                 .then_some((v.def_id, v.span))
             });
             if let Some((id, span)) = iter.next()
diff --git a/tests/ui/manual_non_exhaustive_enum.rs b/tests/ui/manual_non_exhaustive_enum.rs
index 0e439dabfd6..e32ba863176 100644
--- a/tests/ui/manual_non_exhaustive_enum.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/manual_non_exhaustive_enum.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ enum E {
     _C,
 }
 
-// user forgot to remove the marker
+// if the user explicitly marks as nonexhaustive we shouldn't warn them
 #[non_exhaustive]
 enum Ep {
-    //~^ ERROR: this seems like a manual implementation of the non-exhaustive pattern
     A,
     B,
     #[doc(hidden)]
diff --git a/tests/ui/manual_non_exhaustive_enum.stderr b/tests/ui/manual_non_exhaustive_enum.stderr
index ce7e21c94bb..7361a4a2cbb 100644
--- a/tests/ui/manual_non_exhaustive_enum.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/manual_non_exhaustive_enum.stderr
@@ -22,23 +22,5 @@ LL |     _C,
    = note: `-D clippy::manual-non-exhaustive` implied by `-D warnings`
    = help: to override `-D warnings` add `#[allow(clippy::manual_non_exhaustive)]`
 
-error: this seems like a manual implementation of the non-exhaustive pattern
-  --> $DIR/manual_non_exhaustive_enum.rs:15:1
-   |
-LL | / enum Ep {
-LL | |
-LL | |     A,
-LL | |     B,
-LL | |     #[doc(hidden)]
-LL | |     _C,
-LL | | }
-   | |_^
-   |
-help: remove this variant
-  --> $DIR/manual_non_exhaustive_enum.rs:20:5
-   |
-LL |     _C,
-   |     ^^
-
-error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+error: aborting due to previous error