diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistXHPASTLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistXHPASTLinter.php
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistXHPASTLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistXHPASTLinter.php
@@ -2389,15 +2389,22 @@
         // Double quoted strings are allowed when the string contains the
         // following characters.
         static $allowed_chars = array(
-          '\0',
           '\n',
           '\r',
-          '\f',
           '\t',
           '\v',
-          '\x',
-          '\b',
+          '\e',
+          '\f',
           '\'',
+          '\0',
+          '\1',
+          '\2',
+          '\3',
+          '\4',
+          '\5',
+          '\6',
+          '\7',
+          '\x',
         );
 
         $contains_special_chars = false;
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/double-quote.lint-test b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/double-quote.lint-test
--- a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/double-quote.lint-test
+++ b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/double-quote.lint-test
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 pht(
   "This string requires \x12\x34 double quotes, but ".
   "this string does not. Here, they are used for consistency.");
+pht(
+  "This string also requires \123\345 double quotes, but ".
+  "this string does not. Here, they are used for consistency.");
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 advice:3:1
 ~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -21,3 +24,6 @@
 pht(
   "This string requires \x12\x34 double quotes, but ".
   "this string does not. Here, they are used for consistency.");
+pht(
+  "This string also requires \123\345 double quotes, but ".
+  "this string does not. Here, they are used for consistency.");