diff --git a/doc/changelog b/doc/changelog
index 7466a6af..b599a52c 100644
--- a/doc/changelog
+++ b/doc/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.7.1:
+	* Add explorers to reference documentation
+
 1.7.0: 2011-05-10
 	* Bugfix type __package_yum: Fix redhat support (Ramon Salvadó)
 	* Improved type __package_yum: Add centos support (Ramon Salvadó)
diff --git a/doc/dev/todo/niconext b/doc/dev/todo/niconext
index 648d48f5..e4f3cb96 100644
--- a/doc/dev/todo/niconext
+++ b/doc/dev/todo/niconext
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 Cleanup documentation:
-   type reference -> add types + manpages
    add explorer reference
 
 - Catch broken instances in cdist-mass-deploy -p and report broken deployements at the end!
diff --git a/doc/man/cdist-reference.text.sh b/doc/man/cdist-reference.text.sh
index d38a6d26..c69ce977 100755
--- a/doc/man/cdist-reference.text.sh
+++ b/doc/man/cdist-reference.text.sh
@@ -43,14 +43,19 @@ NAME
 cdist-reference - Variable, path and type reference for cdist
 
 
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-This reference summarises
+EXPLORERS
+---------
+The following global explores are available:
 
-- environment variables
-- paths
-- types 
+eof
+(
+   cd ../../conf/explorer
+   for explorer in *; do
+      echo "- $explorer"
+   done
+)
 
+cat << eof 
 
 PATHS
 -----