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Dreyfus Mid-Cap Growth Fund

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October 18, 2013

DREYFUS FUNDS, INC.
Dreyfus Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Supplement to Summary Prospectus dated May 21, 2013 and
Statutory Prospectus dated May 1, 2013
As revised, May 21, 2013

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CHANGE IN INVESTMENT POLICY

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Dreyfus Mid-Cap Growth Fund

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The following information will supersede and replace the first sentence in the first paragraph in "Principal Investment Strategy" in the summary prospectus and "Fund Summary - Principal Investment Strategy" and the second and fifth through seventh sentences in the first paragraph in "Fund Details - Goal and Approach" in the prospectus:

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To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of companies with market capitalizations within the market capitalization range of companies comprising the Russell Midcap^® Growth Index (the "Index"), the fund's benchmark index. As of September 30, 2013, the market capitalization of the largest company included in the Index was approximately $27.16 billion, and the weighted average and median market capitalizations of the Index were approximately $11.36 billion and $5.88 billion, respectively. These capitalization measures vary with market changes and reconstitutions of the Index.