diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 82bd1c0bcc9..405be409788 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ And if you have time clone this repo and submit a pull request and help me make
 kickass metrics & devops dashboard we all dream about!
 
 Prerequisites:
-Nodejs (for jshint & grunt & development server)
+ - Nodejs (for jshint & grunt & development server)
 
 Clone repository:
 
-npm install
-grunt server (starts development web server in src folder)
-grunt (runs jshint and less -> css compilation)
+    npm install
+    grunt server (starts development web server in src folder)
+    grunt (runs jshint and less -> css compilation)
 
-Please remember to run grunt before doing pull request to verify that your code passes all the jshint validations.
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+Please remember to run grunt before doing pull request to verify that your code passes all the jshint validations.
diff --git a/src/app/services/graphite/gfunc.js b/src/app/services/graphite/gfunc.js
index 7f85197e44d..e8306b03229 100644
--- a/src/app/services/graphite/gfunc.js
+++ b/src/app/services/graphite/gfunc.js
@@ -213,6 +213,13 @@ function (_) {
     category: categories.Transform,
   });
 
+  addFuncDef({
+    name: 'hitcount',
+    category: categories.Transform,
+    params: [ { name: "interval", type: "string" }],
+    defaultParams: ['10s']
+  });
+
   addFuncDef({
     name: 'averageAbove',
     category: categories.Filter,