Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Details) - Subsequent Event	Apr. 12, 2019 USD ($)
Amended Credit Facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Aggregate total revolving credit commitments	$ 400,000,000
Credit facility term	4 years
Amended Credit Facility \| Maximum
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Credit facility extension term	12 months
Term Loan Facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Additional available amount under the facility	$ 200,000,000
Credit facility term	5 years

Line of credit facility additional maximum borrowing capacity.

No definition available.

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Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Line of credit facility, extension term.

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- Definition

Period remaining on line of credit facility before it terminates, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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No definition available.

+ Details

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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

+ References

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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- Definition

Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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- Details

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- Details

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- Details

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