diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@ New contributions to the library are welcome, just a couple of guidelines:
 
  * Tabs for indentation, not spaces please.
  * Please ensure you're changing the individual files in /src, not the concatenated output in the Chart.js file in the root of the repo.
- * Please check that your code will pass jshint code standards, gulp jshint will run this for you.
+ * Please check that your code will pass jshint code standards, `gulp jshint` will run this for you.
  * Please keep pull requests concise, and document new functionality in the relevant .md file.
  * Consider whether your changes are useful for all users, or if creating a Chart.js extension would be more appropriate.
  * Please avoid committing in the build Chart.js & Chart.min.js file, as it causes conflicts when merging.
+
+New Chart Types
+===============
+
+Chart.js is designed to be modular. See http://www.chartjs.org/docs/#advanced-usage-writing-new-chart-types
+
+All discussion of new chart types (horizontal bar charts, X-Y scatter plot, etc.) should be done in the Chart.js Google Group at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/chartjs-user-discussion This will get the most exposure for getting people to help define requirements, complete programming and documentation of your vision.
+
+Please do not request new chart types in the project issues. Fully implemented, documented, and useful new charts may be added to the project via a Pull Request.