diff --git a/exec_helpers/_helpers.py b/exec_helpers/_helpers.py
index 367ae07..d34bed4 100644
--- a/exec_helpers/_helpers.py
+++ b/exec_helpers/_helpers.py
@@ -7,11 +7,38 @@
 import shlex
 import typing
 
+from exec_helpers import exceptions
+
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterable
     from collections.abc import Mapping
 
 
+class _ExceptionInfo(typing.Protocol):
+    """The part of ``pytest.ExceptionInfo`` that :func:`hide_traceback` reads."""
+
+    @property
+    def value(self) -> BaseException:
+        """Get the exception being reported."""
+
+
+def hide_traceback(excinfo: _ExceptionInfo | None) -> bool:
+    """Tell pytest whether to leave a frame of this package out of a failure report.
+
+    A module sets its ``__tracebackhide__`` global to this function, and pytest calls it for every frame of that module.
+    An error this package raises on purpose - a timeout, an unexpected exit code - already names the command
+    and carries its output, so the report shows the caller's line and the message.
+    Any other exception keeps the frames, because they show where it was raised.
+
+    :param excinfo: The exception pytest is reporting, or ``None`` when it filters frames without one.
+    :returns: Whether the frame is left out of the report.
+
+    >>> hide_traceback(None)
+    False
+    """
+    return excinfo is not None and isinstance(excinfo.value, exceptions.ExecHelperError)
+
+
 def string_bytes_bytearray_as_bytes(src: str | bytes | bytearray) -> bytes:
     """Get byte string from string/bytes/bytearray union.
 
diff --git a/exec_helpers/_ssh_base.py b/exec_helpers/_ssh_base.py
index 90fe14b..f01b34e 100644
--- a/exec_helpers/_ssh_base.py
+++ b/exec_helpers/_ssh_base.py
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
 
 __all__ = ("SSHClientBase", "SshExecuteAsyncResult", "SupportPathT")
 
+__tracebackhide__: typing.Final = _helpers.hide_traceback
+
 KeepAlivePeriodT = int | bool
 SupportPathT = str | pathlib.PurePath
 
diff --git a/exec_helpers/api.py b/exec_helpers/api.py
index 3502608..74df4d0 100644
--- a/exec_helpers/api.py
+++ b/exec_helpers/api.py
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
     "OptionalTimeoutT",
 )
 
+__tracebackhide__: typing.Final = _helpers.hide_traceback
+
 CommandT = str | Iterable[str]
 LogMaskReT = str | re.Pattern[str] | None
 ErrorInfoT = str | None
diff --git a/exec_helpers/async_api/api.py b/exec_helpers/async_api/api.py
index 3f2ad36..fa61c9a 100644
--- a/exec_helpers/async_api/api.py
+++ b/exec_helpers/async_api/api.py
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
     "OptionalTimeoutT",
 )
 
+__tracebackhide__: typing.Final = _helpers.hide_traceback
+
 
 class ExecuteContext(contextlib.AbstractAsyncContextManager[api.ExecuteAsyncResult], abc.ABC):
     """Execute context manager."""
diff --git a/exec_helpers/async_api/subprocess.py b/exec_helpers/async_api/subprocess.py
index cbb264c..d88fc3a 100644
--- a/exec_helpers/async_api/subprocess.py
+++ b/exec_helpers/async_api/subprocess.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 
 __all__ = ("Subprocess", "SubprocessExecuteAsyncResult")
 
+__tracebackhide__: typing.Final = _helpers.hide_traceback
+
 # Seconds to wait for the streams to reach the end after the process exit.
 _READERS_DRAIN_TIMEOUT: typing.Final = 1.0
 
diff --git a/exec_helpers/exec_result.py b/exec_helpers/exec_result.py
index ddac9c8..3dd6c9e 100644
--- a/exec_helpers/exec_result.py
+++ b/exec_helpers/exec_result.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 from exec_helpers import exceptions
 from exec_helpers import proc_enums
 
+from . import _helpers
+
 try:
     # noinspection PyPackageRequirements
     import yaml
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@
 
 __all__ = ("ExecResult", "OptionalStdinT")
 
+__tracebackhide__: typing.Final = _helpers.hide_traceback
+
 LOGGER: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 OptionalStdinT = bytes | str | bytearray | None
diff --git a/exec_helpers/subprocess.py b/exec_helpers/subprocess.py
index dfd8001..56b951e 100644
--- a/exec_helpers/subprocess.py
+++ b/exec_helpers/subprocess.py
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 
 __all__ = ("CwdT", "EnvT", "Subprocess", "SubprocessExecuteAsyncResult")
 
+__tracebackhide__: typing.Final = _helpers.hide_traceback
+
 EnvT = Mapping[str, str] | None
 CwdT = str | bytes | pathlib.Path | None
 
diff --git a/test/test_subprocess_special.py b/test/test_subprocess_special.py
index 5ce4b56..8140101 100644
--- a/test/test_subprocess_special.py
+++ b/test/test_subprocess_special.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import pathlib
 import subprocess
 import typing
 from unittest import mock
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@
 from subprocess_cases import default_timeout
 
 timeout_expired = subprocess.TimeoutExpired(command, default_timeout)
+# Frames under this directory are what ``__tracebackhide__`` leaves out of a pytest report.
+PACKAGE = pathlib.Path(exec_helpers.__file__).parent
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(SPECIAL_ARGNAMES, SPECIAL_CASES)
@@ -109,8 +112,22 @@ def test_timeout(mocker, fake_popen, poll, expected_exc) -> None:
     kill_tree = mocker.patch("exec_helpers._subprocess_helpers.kill_proc_tree")
     proc = fake_popen(wait=(timeout_expired,), poll=(poll,))
 
-    with pytest.raises(expected_exc):
+    with pytest.raises(expected_exc) as exc_info:
         exec_helpers.Subprocess().execute(command)
 
     kill_tree.assert_called_once_with(proc.pid)
     proc.poll.assert_called_once_with()
+    assert not [
+        entry for entry in exc_info.traceback.filter(exc_info) if pathlib.Path(entry.path).is_relative_to(PACKAGE)
+    ]
+
+
+def test_unexpected_error_keeps_traceback(mocker, fake_popen) -> None:
+    """An exception the package does not raise on purpose keeps the package frames in a pytest report."""
+    mocker.patch("exec_helpers._subprocess_helpers.kill_proc_tree", side_effect=RuntimeError)
+    fake_popen(wait=(timeout_expired,))
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as exc_info:
+        exec_helpers.Subprocess().execute(command)
+
+    assert [entry for entry in exc_info.traceback.filter(exc_info) if pathlib.Path(entry.path).is_relative_to(PACKAGE)]