diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d1cebb7..fb03bd0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Added
+- Handle numeric escapes, i.e. `"\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n"`, and similar strings.
 ### Changed
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/aeso_scan.erl b/src/aeso_scan.erl
index acde020..8dc47d4 100644
--- a/src/aeso_scan.erl
+++ b/src/aeso_scan.erl
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ parse_char([$', C, $']) -> C.
 
 unescape(Str) -> unescape(Str, []).
 
-%% TODO: numeric escapes
 unescape([$"], Acc) ->
     list_to_binary(lists:reverse(Acc));
 unescape([$\\, $x, D1, D2 | Chars ], Acc) ->