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JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS II

601 Congress Street

Boston, MA  02210

July 10, 2018

VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

RE: John Hancock Funds II (the “Trust”), on behalf of:
Core Bond Fund
Global Bond Fund
International Growth Stock Fund
Small Cap Value Fund (the “Funds”)
File Nos. 333-126293; 811-21779

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of the Trust, transmitted for filing pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are exhibits containing interactive data format risk/return summary information for the Funds.

The interactive data files included as exhibits to this filing mirror the risk/return summary information in the prospectus supplements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2018 on behalf of the Funds pursuant to Rule 497(e) (Accession No. 0001133228-18-004049), which is incorporated by reference into this Rule 497 Document.

If you have any questions or comments, please call me at 617 663-4311.

Sincerely,

/s/Thomas Dee

Thomas Dee

Assistant Secretary

 

Exhibit Index

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EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

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Jun. 21, 2018

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II (the Trust)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the current prospectus, as may be supplemented

International Growth Stock Fund (the fund)

At a meeting held on June 19-21, 2018, the Trust's Board of Trustees approved changes to the fund's principal investment strategies as set forth below. Effective June 21, 2018, the following amends and restates in its entirety the disclosure under "Principal Investment Strategies" in the "Fund summary" relating to the fund and the disclosure relating to the fund's principal investment strategies under "Additional Information About the Funds":

The fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of international securities whose issuers are considered by the fund's manager to have potential for earnings or revenue growth. The fund will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in stocks. The fund invests primarily in the securities of large-capitalization issuers; however, the fund may invest a significant amount of its net assets in the securities of mid-capitalization issuers.

The fund invests primarily in equity and depositary receipts of foreign issuers. The principal types of equity securities in which the fund invests are common and preferred stock. The fund invests, under normal circumstances, in issuers economically tied to at least three countries outside of the U.S. The fund may also invest in issuers located in developing countries (emerging markets). Under normal circumstances, the maximum percentage of the fund's net assets that may be invested in these issuers is 1.25 times of the emerging market weight of the MSCI All Country World ex U.S. Growth Index.

The fund can invest in derivative instruments including forward foreign currency contracts and futures. The fund can utilize forward foreign currency contracts to mitigate the risk of foreign currency exposure. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between parties to exchange a specified amount of currency at a specified future time at a specified rate. Forward foreign currency contracts are used to protect against uncertainty in the level of future foreign currency exchange rates. The fund can use these contracts to hedge against adverse movements in the foreign currencies in which portfolio securities are denominated. The fund has the ability to hedge currency exposures created by its investments in foreign securities.

Also, effective June 21, 2018, the following risk disclosure is added to the "Fund summary" section for the fund, under the heading "Principal risks of investing in the fund:"

Large company risk. Larger companies may grow more slowly than smaller companies or be slower to respond to business developments. Large-capitalization securities may underperform the market as a whole.

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II (the Trust)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the current Class NAV prospectus, as may be supplemented

Global Bond Fund (the fund)

At a meeting held on June 19-21, 2018, the Trust's Board of Trustees approved changes to the fund's principal investment strategies as set forth below. Effective June 21, 2018, the following amends and restates the fifth paragraph under "Principal Investment Strategies" in the "Fund summary" relating to the fund; and the sixth paragraph of the disclosure relating to the fund's principal investment strategies under "Additional Information About the Funds."

Depending on the manager's current opinion as to the proper allocation of assets among domestic and foreign issuers, investments that are economically tied to foreign countries will normally be at least 25% of the fund's net assets. The fund may invest, without limitation, in securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging countries. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in fixed-income securities that are rated below investment grade of any rating. The fund may invest in baskets of foreign currencies (such as the euro) and directly in currencies. The average portfolio duration of the fund normally varies within three years (plus or minus) of the duration of the benchmark index, as calculated by the manager.

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II (the Trust)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the current Class 1 prospectus, as may be supplemented

Global Bond Fund (the fund)

At a meeting held on June 19-21, 2018, the Trust's Board of Trustees approved changes to the fund's principal investment strategies as set forth below. Effective June 21, 2018, the following amends and restates the fifth paragraph under "Principal Investment Strategies" in the "Fund summary" relating to the fund; and the sixth paragraph of the disclosure relating to the fund's principal investment strategies under "Principal Investment Strategies"

Depending on the manager's current opinion as to the proper allocation of assets among domestic and foreign issuers, investments that are economically tied to foreign countries will normally be at least 25% of the fund's net assets. The fund may invest, without limitation, in securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging countries. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in fixed-income securities that are rated below investment grade of any rating. The fund may invest in baskets of foreign currencies (such as the euro) and directly in currencies. The average portfolio duration of the fund normally varies within three years (plus or minus) of the duration of the benchmark index, as calculated by the manager.

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II

Small Cap Value Fund (the fund)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the current Class A, Class I and Class R6 Shares prospectus (the prospectus), as may be supplemented

Effective July 1, 2018, the Fees and expenses table and the Expense example table in the "Fund summary" section are revised and restated as follows:

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the John Hancock family of funds. Intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the availability of front-end sales charge waivers or CDSC waivers (See Appendix 1 to the prospectus - Intermediary sales charge waivers, which includes information about specific sales charge waivers applicable to the intermediaries identified therein). More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial representative and on pages 16 to 18 of this prospectus under "Sales charge reductions and waivers" or pages 202 to 206 of the fund's Statement of Additional Information under "Sales Charges on Class A, Class B, and Class C Shares."

Shareholder fees (%) (fees paid directly from your investment)	A	I	R6
Maximum front-end sales charge (load) on purchases, as a % of purchase price	5.00	None	None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of purchase or sale price, whichever is less	1.00 (on certain purchases, including those of $1 million or more)	None	None
Small account fee (for fund account balances under $1,000) ($)	20	None	None

Annual fund operating expenses (%) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)	A	I	R6
Management fee1	0.98	0.98	0.98
Distribution and service (Rule 12b-1) fees	0.30	0.00	0.00
Other expenses	0.19	0.18	0.09
Acquired fund fees and expenses2	0.08	0.08	0.08
Total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursements3	1.55	1.24	1.15

¹ "Management fee" has been restated to reflect the contractual management fee schedule effective July 1, 2018.

² "Acquired fund fees and expenses" are based on indirect net expenses associated with the fund's investments in underlying investment companies.

³ The "Total annual fund operating expenses" shown may not correlate to the fund's ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the "Financial highlights" section of the fund's prospectus, which does not include "Acquired fund fees and expenses."

EXPENSE EXAMPLE

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Please see below a hypothetical example showing the expenses of a $10,000 investment for the time periods indicated and then, except as shown below, assuming you sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return and that fund expenses will not change over the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expenses ($)	A	I	R6
1 year	650	126	117
3 years	965	393	365
5 years	1,302	681	633
10 years	2,253	1,500	1,398

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II

Small Cap Value Fund (the fund)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the Class NAV share prospectus (the prospectus), as may be supplemented

Effective July 1, 2018, the Fees and expenses table and the Expense example table in the "Fund summary" section for the fund are revised and restated as follows:

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)	NAV
	None

Annual fund operating expenses (%) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)	NAV
Management fee1	0.98
Other expenses	0.07
Acquired fund fees and expenses2	0.08
Total annual fund operating expenses3	1.13

¹ "Management fee" has been restated to reflect the contractual management fee schedule effective July 1, 2018.

² "Acquired fund fees and expenses" are based on indirect net expenses associated with the fund's investments in underlying investment companies.

³ The "Total annual fund operating expenses" shown may not correlate to the fund's ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the "Financial highlights" section of the fund's prospectus, which does not include "Acquired fund fees and expenses."

EXPENSE EXAMPLE

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Please see below a hypothetical example showing the expenses of a $10,000 investment for the time periods indicated and then assuming you sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return and that fund expenses will not change over the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expenses ($)	NAV
1 year	115
3 years	359
5 years	622
10 years	1,375

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II

Core Bond Fund (the fund)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the Class NAV share prospectus (the prospectus), as may be supplemented

Effective July 1, 2018, the Fees and expenses table and the Expense example table in the "Fund summary" section for the fund are revised and restated as follows:

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)	NAV
	None

Annual fund operating expenses (%) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)	NAV
Management fee1	0.57
Other expenses	0.04
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.61

¹ "Management fee" has been restated to reflect the contractual management fee schedule effective July 1, 2018.

EXPENSE EXAMPLE

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Please see below a hypothetical example showing the expenses of a $10,000 investment for the time periods indicated and then assuming you sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return and that fund expenses will not change over the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expenses ($)	NAV
1 year	62
3 years	195
5 years	340
10 years	762

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II

Core Bond Fund (the fund)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the Class 1 share prospectus (the prospectus), as may be supplemented

Effective July 1, 2018, the Fees and expenses table and the Expense example table in the "Fund summary" section for the fund are revised and restated as follows:

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)	1
	None

Annual fund operating expenses (%) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)	1
Management fee1	0.57
Distribution and service (Rule 12b-1) fees	0.05
Other expenses	0.04
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.66

¹ "Management fee" has been restated to reflect the contractual management fee schedule effective July 1, 2018.

EXPENSE EXAMPLE

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Please see below a hypothetical example showing the expenses of a $10,000 investment for the time periods indicated and then assuming you sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return and that fund expenses will not change over the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expenses ($)	1
1 year	67
3 years	211
5 years	368
10 years	822

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Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II (the Trust)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the current prospectus, as may be supplemented

International Growth Stock Fund (the fund)

At a meeting held on June 19-21, 2018, the Trust's Board of Trustees approved changes to the fund's principal investment strategies as set forth below. Effective June 21, 2018, the following amends and restates in its entirety the disclosure under "Principal Investment Strategies" in the "Fund summary" relating to the fund and the disclosure relating to the fund's principal investment strategies under "Additional Information About the Funds":

The fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of international securities whose issuers are considered by the fund's manager to have potential for earnings or revenue growth. The fund will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in stocks. The fund invests primarily in the securities of large-capitalization issuers; however, the fund may invest a significant amount of its net assets in the securities of mid-capitalization issuers.

The fund invests primarily in equity and depositary receipts of foreign issuers. The principal types of equity securities in which the fund invests are common and preferred stock. The fund invests, under normal circumstances, in issuers economically tied to at least three countries outside of the U.S. The fund may also invest in issuers located in developing countries (emerging markets). Under normal circumstances, the maximum percentage of the fund's net assets that may be invested in these issuers is 1.25 times of the emerging market weight of the MSCI All Country World ex U.S. Growth Index.

The fund can invest in derivative instruments including forward foreign currency contracts and futures. The fund can utilize forward foreign currency contracts to mitigate the risk of foreign currency exposure. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between parties to exchange a specified amount of currency at a specified future time at a specified rate. Forward foreign currency contracts are used to protect against uncertainty in the level of future foreign currency exchange rates. The fund can use these contracts to hedge against adverse movements in the foreign currencies in which portfolio securities are denominated. The fund has the ability to hedge currency exposures created by its investments in foreign securities.

Also, effective June 21, 2018, the following risk disclosure is added to the "Fund summary" section for the fund, under the heading "Principal risks of investing in the fund:"

Large company risk. Larger companies may grow more slowly than smaller companies or be slower to respond to business developments. Large-capitalization securities may underperform the market as a whole.

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II (the Trust)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the current Class NAV prospectus, as may be supplemented

Global Bond Fund (the fund)

At a meeting held on June 19-21, 2018, the Trust's Board of Trustees approved changes to the fund's principal investment strategies as set forth below. Effective June 21, 2018, the following amends and restates the fifth paragraph under "Principal Investment Strategies" in the "Fund summary" relating to the fund; and the sixth paragraph of the disclosure relating to the fund's principal investment strategies under "Additional Information About the Funds."

Depending on the manager's current opinion as to the proper allocation of assets among domestic and foreign issuers, investments that are economically tied to foreign countries will normally be at least 25% of the fund's net assets. The fund may invest, without limitation, in securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging countries. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in fixed-income securities that are rated below investment grade of any rating. The fund may invest in baskets of foreign currencies (such as the euro) and directly in currencies. The average portfolio duration of the fund normally varies within three years (plus or minus) of the duration of the benchmark index, as calculated by the manager.

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II (the Trust)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the current Class 1 prospectus, as may be supplemented

Global Bond Fund (the fund)

At a meeting held on June 19-21, 2018, the Trust's Board of Trustees approved changes to the fund's principal investment strategies as set forth below. Effective June 21, 2018, the following amends and restates the fifth paragraph under "Principal Investment Strategies" in the "Fund summary" relating to the fund; and the sixth paragraph of the disclosure relating to the fund's principal investment strategies under "Principal Investment Strategies"

Depending on the manager's current opinion as to the proper allocation of assets among domestic and foreign issuers, investments that are economically tied to foreign countries will normally be at least 25% of the fund's net assets. The fund may invest, without limitation, in securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging countries. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in fixed-income securities that are rated below investment grade of any rating. The fund may invest in baskets of foreign currencies (such as the euro) and directly in currencies. The average portfolio duration of the fund normally varies within three years (plus or minus) of the duration of the benchmark index, as calculated by the manager.

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II

Small Cap Value Fund (the fund)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the current Class A, Class I and Class R6 Shares prospectus (the prospectus), as may be supplemented

Effective July 1, 2018, the Fees and expenses table and the Expense example table in the "Fund summary" section are revised and restated as follows:

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the John Hancock family of funds. Intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the availability of front-end sales charge waivers or CDSC waivers (See Appendix 1 to the prospectus - Intermediary sales charge waivers, which includes information about specific sales charge waivers applicable to the intermediaries identified therein). More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial representative and on pages 16 to 18 of this prospectus under "Sales charge reductions and waivers" or pages 202 to 206 of the fund's Statement of Additional Information under "Sales Charges on Class A, Class B, and Class C Shares."

Shareholder fees (%) (fees paid directly from your investment)	A	I	R6
Maximum front-end sales charge (load) on purchases, as a % of purchase price	5.00	None	None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of purchase or sale price, whichever is less	1.00 (on certain purchases, including those of $1 million or more)	None	None
Small account fee (for fund account balances under $1,000) ($)	20	None	None

Annual fund operating expenses (%) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)	A	I	R6
Management fee1	0.98	0.98	0.98
Distribution and service (Rule 12b-1) fees	0.30	0.00	0.00
Other expenses	0.19	0.18	0.09
Acquired fund fees and expenses2	0.08	0.08	0.08
Total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursements3	1.55	1.24	1.15

¹ "Management fee" has been restated to reflect the contractual management fee schedule effective July 1, 2018.

² "Acquired fund fees and expenses" are based on indirect net expenses associated with the fund's investments in underlying investment companies.

³ The "Total annual fund operating expenses" shown may not correlate to the fund's ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the "Financial highlights" section of the fund's prospectus, which does not include "Acquired fund fees and expenses."

EXPENSE EXAMPLE

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Please see below a hypothetical example showing the expenses of a $10,000 investment for the time periods indicated and then, except as shown below, assuming you sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return and that fund expenses will not change over the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expenses ($)	A	I	R6
1 year	650	126	117
3 years	965	393	365
5 years	1,302	681	633
10 years	2,253	1,500	1,398

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II

Small Cap Value Fund (the fund)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the Class NAV share prospectus (the prospectus), as may be supplemented

Effective July 1, 2018, the Fees and expenses table and the Expense example table in the "Fund summary" section for the fund are revised and restated as follows:

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)	NAV
	None

Annual fund operating expenses (%) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)	NAV
Management fee1	0.98
Other expenses	0.07
Acquired fund fees and expenses2	0.08
Total annual fund operating expenses3	1.13

¹ "Management fee" has been restated to reflect the contractual management fee schedule effective July 1, 2018.

² "Acquired fund fees and expenses" are based on indirect net expenses associated with the fund's investments in underlying investment companies.

³ The "Total annual fund operating expenses" shown may not correlate to the fund's ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the "Financial highlights" section of the fund's prospectus, which does not include "Acquired fund fees and expenses."

EXPENSE EXAMPLE

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Please see below a hypothetical example showing the expenses of a $10,000 investment for the time periods indicated and then assuming you sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return and that fund expenses will not change over the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expenses ($)	NAV
1 year	115
3 years	359
5 years	622
10 years	1,375

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II

Core Bond Fund (the fund)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the Class NAV share prospectus (the prospectus), as may be supplemented

Effective July 1, 2018, the Fees and expenses table and the Expense example table in the "Fund summary" section for the fund are revised and restated as follows:

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)	NAV
	None

Annual fund operating expenses (%) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)	NAV
Management fee1	0.57
Other expenses	0.04
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.61

¹ "Management fee" has been restated to reflect the contractual management fee schedule effective July 1, 2018.

EXPENSE EXAMPLE

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Please see below a hypothetical example showing the expenses of a $10,000 investment for the time periods indicated and then assuming you sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return and that fund expenses will not change over the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expenses ($)	NAV
1 year	62
3 years	195
5 years	340
10 years	762

Prospectus Supplement

John Hancock Funds II

Core Bond Fund (the fund)

Supplement dated June 21, 2018 to the Class 1 share prospectus (the prospectus), as may be supplemented

Effective July 1, 2018, the Fees and expenses table and the Expense example table in the "Fund summary" section for the fund are revised and restated as follows:

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)	1
	None

Annual fund operating expenses (%) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)	1
Management fee1	0.57
Distribution and service (Rule 12b-1) fees	0.05
Other expenses	0.04
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.66

¹ "Management fee" has been restated to reflect the contractual management fee schedule effective July 1, 2018.

EXPENSE EXAMPLE

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Please see below a hypothetical example showing the expenses of a $10,000 investment for the time periods indicated and then assuming you sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return and that fund expenses will not change over the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expenses ($)	1
1 year	67
3 years	211
5 years	368
10 years	822

(John Hancock International Growth Stock Fund - Class NAV) | (International Growth Stock Fund)

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The fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of international securities whose issuers are considered by the fund's manager to have potential for earnings or revenue growth. The fund will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in stocks. The fund invests primarily in the securities of large-capitalization issuers; however, the fund may invest a significant amount of its net assets in the securities of mid-capitalization issuers.

The fund invests primarily in equity and depositary receipts of foreign issuers. The principal types of equity securities in which the fund invests are common and preferred stock. The fund invests, under normal circumstances, in issuers economically tied to at least three countries outside of the U.S. The fund may also invest in issuers located in developing countries (emerging markets). Under normal circumstances, the maximum percentage of the fund's net assets that may be invested in these issuers is 1.25 times of the emerging market weight of the MSCI All Country World ex U.S. Growth Index.

The fund can invest in derivative instruments including forward foreign currency contracts and futures. The fund can utilize forward foreign currency contracts to mitigate the risk of foreign currency exposure. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between parties to exchange a specified amount of currency at a specified future time at a specified rate. Forward foreign currency contracts are used to protect against uncertainty in the level of future foreign currency exchange rates. The fund can use these contracts to hedge against adverse movements in the foreign currencies in which portfolio securities are denominated. The fund has the ability to hedge currency exposures created by its investments in foreign securities.

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Large company risk. Larger companies may grow more slowly than smaller companies or be slower to respond to business developments. Large-capitalization securities may underperform the market as a whole.

(John Hancock Global Bond Fund- Class NAV) | (Global Bond Fund)

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Depending on the manager's current opinion as to the proper allocation of assets among domestic and foreign issuers, investments that are economically tied to foreign countries will normally be at least 25% of the fund's net assets. The fund may invest, without limitation, in securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging countries. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in fixed-income securities that are rated below investment grade of any rating. The fund may invest in baskets of foreign currencies (such as the euro) and directly in currencies. The average portfolio duration of the fund normally varies within three years (plus or minus) of the duration of the benchmark index, as calculated by the manager.

(John Hancock Global Bond Fund - Class 1) | (Global Bond Fund)

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Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Depending on the manager's current opinion as to the proper allocation of assets among domestic and foreign issuers, investments that are economically tied to foreign countries will normally be at least 25% of the fund's net assets. The fund may invest, without limitation, in securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging countries. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in fixed-income securities that are rated below investment grade of any rating. The fund may invest in baskets of foreign currencies (such as the euro) and directly in currencies. The average portfolio duration of the fund normally varies within three years (plus or minus) of the duration of the benchmark index, as calculated by the manager.

(John Hancock Small Cap Value Fund - Classes A, I and R6) | (Small Cap Value Fund)

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Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the John Hancock family of funds. Intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the availability of front-end sales charge waivers or CDSC waivers (See Appendix 1 to the prospectus - Intermediary sales charge waivers, which includes information about specific sales charge waivers applicable to the intermediaries identified therein). More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial representative and on pages 16 to 18 of this prospectus under "Sales charge reductions and waivers" or pages 202 to 206 of the fund's Statement of Additional Information under "Sales Charges on Class A, Class B, and Class C Shares."

Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text]

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You may qualify for sales charge discounts on Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the John Hancock family of funds.

Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]

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$ 50,000

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder fees (%) (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual fund operating expenses (%) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text]

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The "Total annual fund operating expenses" shown may not correlate to the fund's ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the "Financial highlights" section of the fund's prospectus, which does not include "Acquired fund fees and expenses."

Expense Example [Heading]

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Please see below a hypothetical example showing the expenses of a $10,000 investment for the time periods indicated and then, except as shown below, assuming you sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return and that fund expenses will not change over the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(John Hancock Small Cap Value Fund - Classes A, I and R6) | (Small Cap Value Fund) | Class A

Prospectus:

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Maximum front-end sales charge (load) on purchases, as a % of purchase price

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5.00%

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of purchase or sale price, whichever is less

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther

1.00%

^[1]

Small account fee (for fund account balances under $1,000) ($)

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$ 20

Management fee

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0.98%

^[2]

Distribution and service (Rule 12b-1) fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

0.30%

Other expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.19%

Acquired fund fees and expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.08%

^[3]

Expenses Over Assets

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1.55%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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$ 650

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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965

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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1,302

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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$ 2,253

(John Hancock Small Cap Value Fund - Classes A, I and R6) | (Small Cap Value Fund) | Class I

Prospectus:

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Maximum front-end sales charge (load) on purchases, as a % of purchase price

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none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of purchase or sale price, whichever is less

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther

none

Small account fee (for fund account balances under $1,000) ($)

rr_ShareholderFeeOther

none

Management fee

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.98%

^[2]

Distribution and service (Rule 12b-1) fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.18%

Acquired fund fees and expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.08%

^[3]

Expenses Over Assets

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1.24%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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$ 126

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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393

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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681

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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$ 1,500

(John Hancock Small Cap Value Fund - Classes A, I and R6) | (Small Cap Value Fund) | Class R6

Prospectus:

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Maximum front-end sales charge (load) on purchases, as a % of purchase price

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none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) as a % of purchase or sale price, whichever is less

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther

none

Small account fee (for fund account balances under $1,000) ($)

rr_ShareholderFeeOther

none

Management fee

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.98%

^[2]

Distribution and service (Rule 12b-1) fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.09%

Acquired fund fees and expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.08%

^[3]

Expenses Over Assets

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1.15%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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$ 117

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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365

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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633

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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$ 1,398

(John Hancock Small Cap Value Fund - Class NAV) | (Small Cap Value Fund)

Prospectus:

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Expense [Heading]

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FEES AND EXPENSES

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment) None

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual fund operating expenses (%) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text]

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The "Total annual fund operating expenses" shown may not correlate to the fund's ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the "Financial highlights" section of the fund's prospectus, which does not include "Acquired fund fees and expenses."

Expense Example [Heading]

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Please see below a hypothetical example showing the expenses of a $10,000 investment for the time periods indicated and then assuming you sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return and that fund expenses will not change over the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(John Hancock Small Cap Value Fund - Class NAV) | (Small Cap Value Fund) | Class NAV

Prospectus:

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Management fee

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0.98%

^[2]

Other expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.07%

Acquired fund fees and expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.08%

^[3]

Expenses Over Assets

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1.13%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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$ 115

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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359

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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622

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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$ 1,375

(John Hancock Core Bond Fund - Class NAV) | (Core Bond Fund)

Prospectus:

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Expense [Heading]

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FEES AND EXPENSES

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment) None

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual fund operating expenses (%) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Expense Example [Heading]

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Please see below a hypothetical example showing the expenses of a $10,000 investment for the time periods indicated and then assuming you sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return and that fund expenses will not change over the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(John Hancock Core Bond Fund - Class NAV) | (Core Bond Fund) | Class NAV

Prospectus:

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Management fee

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0.57%

^[2]

Other expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.04%

Expenses Over Assets

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0.61%

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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$ 62

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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195

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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340

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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$ 762

(John Hancock Core Bond Fund - Class 1) | (Core Bond Fund)

Prospectus:

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Expense [Heading]

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FEES AND EXPENSES

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment) None

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual fund operating expenses (%) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Expense Example [Heading]

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Please see below a hypothetical example showing the expenses of a $10,000 investment for the time periods indicated and then assuming you sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example assumes a 5% average annual return and that fund expenses will not change over the periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

(John Hancock Core Bond Fund - Class 1) | (Core Bond Fund) | Class 1

Prospectus:

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Management fee

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.57%

^[2]

Distribution and service (Rule 12b-1) fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

0.05%

Other expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.04%

Expenses Over Assets

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0.66%

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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$ 67

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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211

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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368

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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$ 822

[1] (on certain purchases, including those of $1 million or more)

[2] "Management fee" has been restated to reflect the contractual management fee schedule effective July 1, 2018.

[3] "Acquired fund fees and expenses" are based on indirect net expenses associated with the fund's investments in underlying investment companies.

[4] The "Total annual fund operating expenses" shown may not correlate to the fund's ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the "Financial highlights" section of the fund's prospectus, which does not include "Acquired fund fees and expenses."