Accrued Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Feb. 29, 2016	May. 31, 2015
Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Compensation and benefits, excluding taxes		$ 884	$ 997
Collateral received from counterparties to hedging instruments		338	968
Endorsement compensation		311	388
Dividends payable		270	240
Import and logistics costs		195	207
Taxes other than income taxes		172	174
Fair value of derivatives		160	162
Advertising and marketing		137	117
Other	[1]	757	698
TOTAL ACCRUED LIABILITIES		$ 3,224	$ 3,951
Maximum percent of accrued liabilities to be included in Other (percent)		5.00%	5.00%

[1] Other consists of various accrued expenses with no individual item accounting for more than 5% of the total Accrued liabilities balance at February 29, 2016 and May 31, 2015.