diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0f7e4b2a7..1fb026602 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.10.1
+    rev: 23.11.0
     hooks:
     -   id: black
         args: [--safe, --quiet]
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: python-use-type-annotations
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.6.1
+    rev: v1.7.0
     hooks:
     -   id: mypy
         files: ^(src/|testing/)
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index d4e644883..e30131d1a 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ Saiprasad Kale
 Samuel Colvin
 Samuel Dion-Girardeau
 Samuel Searles-Bryant
+Samuel Therrien (Avasam)
 Samuele Pedroni
 Sanket Duthade
 Sankt Petersbug
diff --git a/changelog/11600.improvement.rst b/changelog/11600.improvement.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7082e2c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/11600.improvement.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improved the documentation and type signature for :func:`pytest.mark.xfail <pytest.mark.xfail>`'s ``condition`` param to use ``False`` as the default value.
diff --git a/doc/en/reference/reference.rst b/doc/en/reference/reference.rst
index 22e5ee352..4c6b6d69d 100644
--- a/doc/en/reference/reference.rst
+++ b/doc/en/reference/reference.rst
@@ -239,12 +239,11 @@ pytest.mark.xfail
 
 Marks a test function as *expected to fail*.
 
-.. py:function:: pytest.mark.xfail(condition=None, *, reason=None, raises=None, run=True, strict=xfail_strict)
+.. py:function:: pytest.mark.xfail(condition=False, *, reason=None, raises=None, run=True, strict=xfail_strict)
 
-    :type condition: bool or str
-    :param condition:
+    :keyword Union[bool, str] condition:
         Condition for marking the test function as xfail (``True/False`` or a
-        :ref:`condition string <string conditions>`). If a bool, you also have
+        :ref:`condition string <string conditions>`). If a ``bool``, you also have
         to specify ``reason`` (see :ref:`condition string <string conditions>`).
     :keyword str reason:
         Reason why the test function is marked as xfail.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py b/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py
index bbde68644..55ec67700 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/mark/structures.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
         @overload
         def __call__(
             self,
-            condition: Union[str, bool] = ...,
+            condition: Union[str, bool] = False,
             *conditions: Union[str, bool],
             reason: str = ...,
             run: bool = ...,
diff --git a/src/py.py b/src/py.py
index 7813c9b93..c99790336 100644
--- a/src/py.py
+++ b/src/py.py
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ import _pytest._py.path as path
 
 sys.modules["py.error"] = error
 sys.modules["py.path"] = path
+
+__all__ = ["error", "path"]
diff --git a/testing/_py/test_local.py b/testing/_py/test_local.py
index aebee380c..77a9838cf 100644
--- a/testing/_py/test_local.py
+++ b/testing/_py/test_local.py
@@ -868,6 +868,9 @@ class TestLocalPath(CommonFSTests):
             py_path.strpath, str_path
         )
 
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(
+        reason="#11603", raises=(error.EEXIST, error.ENOENT), strict=False
+    )
     def test_make_numbered_dir_multiprocess_safe(self, tmpdir):
         # https://github.com/pytest-dev/py/issues/30
         with multiprocessing.Pool() as pool: