update manpages for 1.8.0HEADmaster

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diff --git a/flatbuffers.7.md b/flatbuffers.7.md
index 5cde2d2..7f13b0b 100644
--- a/flatbuffers.7.md
+++ b/flatbuffers.7.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FLATBUFFERS 7 "JUNE 2017" Linux "User Manuals"
+FLATBUFFERS 7 "NOVEMBER 2017" Linux "User Manuals"
 ==============================================
 
 NAME
@@ -192,6 +192,26 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
   And example of usage, for the time being, can be found in `test.cpp/ReflectionTest()`.
 
+**Mini Reflection**
+
+  A more limited form of reflection is available for direct inclusion in generated code, which doesn't any (binary)
+  schema access at all. It was designed to keep the overhead of reflection as low as possible (on the order of 2-6
+  bytes per field added to your executable), but doesn't contain all the information the (binary) schema contains.
+
+  You add this information to your generated code by specifying `--reflect-types` (or instead `--reflect-names` if you
+  also want field / enum names).
+
+  You can now use this information, for example to print a FlatBuffer to text:
+
+      auto s = flatbuffers::FlatBufferToString(flatbuf, MonsterTypeTable());
+
+  `MonsterTypeTable()` is declared in the generated code for each type. The string produced is very similar to the JSON
+  produced by the `Parser` based text generator.
+
+  You'll need `flatbuffers/minireflect.h` for this functionality. In there is also a convenient visitor/iterator so you
+  can write your own output / functionality based on the mini reflection tables without having to know the FlatBuffers
+  or reflection encoding.
+
 **Storing maps / dictionaries in a FlatBuffer**
   FlatBuffers doesn't support maps natively, but there is support to emulate their behavior with vectors and binary
   search, which means you can have fast lookups directly from a FlatBuffer without having to unpack your data into a
@@ -245,7 +265,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
   Each root type will have a verification function generated for it, e.g. for `Monster`, you can call:
 
-    bool ok = VerifyMonsterBuffer(Verifier(buf, len));
+      bool ok = VerifyMonsterBuffer(Verifier(buf, len));
 
   if `ok` is true, the buffer is safe to read.
 
diff --git a/flatc.1.md b/flatc.1.md
index b431afa..3e49953 100644
--- a/flatc.1.md
+++ b/flatc.1.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FLATC 1 "JUNE 2017" Linux "User Manuals"
+FLATC 1 "NOVEMBER 2017" Linux "User Manuals"
 ========================================
 
 NAME
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ Additional options:
 `--keep-prefix`
    Keep original prefix of schema include statement.
 
+`--reflect-types`
+   Add minimal type reflection to code generation.
+
+`--reflect-names`
+   Add minimal type/name reflection.
+
+
+
 NOTE: short-form options for generators are deprecated, use the long form whenever possible.
 
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