Credit Facilities - Additional Information (Details)	Apr. 12, 2019 USD ($)
Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Aggregate revolving credit commitments	$ 300,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Aggregate revolving credit commitments	$ 400,000,000.0
April 2019 Term Loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility term	5 years
Maximum additional availability of the facility	$ 200,000,000
Amended Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility term	4 years
Extension term	1 year

Line of credit facility additional maximum borrowing capacity.

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- 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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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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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.

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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=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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