INCOME FUND OF AMERICA (Prospectus Summary) | INCOME FUND OF AMERICA

The Income Fund of America®

Investment objectives

The fund's investment objectives are to provide you with current income

while secondarily striving for capital growth.

Fees and expenses of the fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your
family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American
Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your
financial professional and in the "Sales charge reductions and waivers" section
on page 27 of the prospectus and on page 65 of the fund's statement of
additional information.

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees INCOME FUND OF AMERICA (USD $)	Class A		Class B	Class C	Class F-1	Class F-2	Class 529-A		Class 529-B	Class 529-C	Class 529-E	Class 529-F-1	Class R-1	Class R-2	Class R-3	Class R-4	Class R-5	Class R-6
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	5.75%		none	none	none	none	5.75%		none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the amount redeemed)	1.00%	[1]	5.00%	1.00%	none	none	1.00%	[1]	5.00%	1.00%	none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends	none		none	none	none	none	none		none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none
Redemption or exchange fees	none		none	none	none	none	none		none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none
Maximum annual account fee (529 share classes only)							10		10	10	10	10

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses INCOME FUND OF AMERICA	Class A	Class B	Class C	Class F-1	Class F-2	Class 529-A	Class 529-B	Class 529-C	Class 529-E	Class 529-F-1	Class R-1	Class R-2	Class R-3	Class R-4	Class R-5	Class R-6
Management fees	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees	0.24%	1.00%	1.00%	0.25%	none	0.22%	1.00%	1.00%	0.50%	none	1.00%	0.74%	0.50%	0.25%	none	none
Other expenses	0.11%	0.10%	0.14%	0.15%	0.16%	0.22%	0.23%	0.23%	0.19%	0.22%	0.16%	0.42%	0.22%	0.16%	0.11%	0.06%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets)	0.59%	1.34%	1.38%	0.64%	0.40%	0.68%	1.47%	1.47%	0.93%	0.46%	1.40%	1.40%	0.96%	0.65%	0.35%	0.30%

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.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The
example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the
fund's operating expenses remain the same.

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example INCOME FUND OF AMERICA (USD $)	Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year	Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years	Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years	Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years
Class A	632	753	885	1,270
Class B	636	825	934	1,407
Class C	240	437	755	1,657
Class F-1	65	205	357	798
Class F-2	41	128	224	505
Class 529-A	660	819	991	1,478
Class 529-B	669	904	1,060	1,645
Class 529-C	269	504	860	1,857
Class 529-E	115	336	573	1,247
Class 529-F-1	67	187	317	686
Class R-1	143	443	766	1,680
Class R-2	143	443	766	1,680
Class R-3	98	306	531	1,178
Class R-4	66	208	362	810
Class R-5	36	113	197	443
Class R-6	31	97	169	381

For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption INCOME FUND OF AMERICA (USD $)	Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year	Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years	Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years	Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years
Class B	136	425	734	1,407
Class C	140	437	755	1,657
Class 529-B	169	504	860	1,645
Class 529-C	169	504	860	1,857

Portfolio turnover

The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate
may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when
fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected
in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's investment
results. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate
was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal investment strategies

Normally the fund invests primarily in income-producing securities. These include
equity securities, such as dividend-paying common stocks, and debt securities,
such as interest-paying bonds.

Generally at least 60% of the fund's assets will be invested in common stocks and
other equity-type securities. However, the composition of the fund's investments
in equity, debt and cash or money market instruments may vary substantially
depending on various factors, including market conditions. The fund may also invest
up to 25% of its assets in equity securities of issuers domiciled outside the United
States, including issuers in emerging and developing countries. In addition, the
fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in lower quality, higher yielding
nonconvertible debt securities (rated Ba1 and BB+ or below by Nationally Recognized
Statistical Rating Organizations designated by the fund's investment adviser or
unrated but determined to be of equivalent quality by the fund's investment adviser).
Such securities are sometimes referred to as "junk bonds." The fund may also invest
up to 10% of its assets in debt securities of issuers domiciled outside the United
States; however, these securities must be denominated in U.S. dollars.

The investment adviser uses a system of multiple portfolio counselors in managing
the fund's assets. Under this approach, the portfolio of the fund is divided into
segments managed by individual counselors who decide how their respective segments
will be invested.

The fund relies on the professional judgment of its investment adviser to make
decisions about the fund's portfolio investments. The basic investment philosophy
of the investment adviser is to seek to invest in attractively valued companies
that, in its opinion, represent good, long-term investment opportunities. The
investment adviser believes that an important way to accomplish this is through
fundamental analysis, which may include meeting with company executives and
employees, suppliers, customers and competitors. Securities may be sold when the
investment adviser believes that they no longer represent relatively attractive
investment opportunities.

Principal risks

This section describes the principal risks associated with the fund's principal
investment strategies. You may lose money by investing in the fund. The
likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.
Investors in the fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to
tolerate potentially sharp declines in value.

Market conditions - The prices of, and the income generated by, the common stocks
and other securities held by the fund may decline due to market conditions and
other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of securities held
by the fund.

Investing in income-oriented stocks - Income provided by the fund may be reduced
by changes in the dividend policies of, and the capital resources available at,
the companies in which the fund invests.

Investing in bonds - Rising interest rates will generally cause the prices of
bonds and other debt securities to fall. Longer maturity debt securities may be
subject to greater price fluctuations than shorter maturity debt securities. In
addition, falling interest rates may cause an issuer to redeem, call or
refinance a security before its stated maturity, which may result in the fund
having to reinvest the proceeds in lower yielding securities.
  
Bonds and other debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the
possibility that the credit strength of an issuer will weaken and/or an issuer
of a debt security will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest
and the security will go into default.

Investing in lower rated bonds - Lower rated bonds and other lower rated debt
securities generally have higher rates of interest and involve greater risk of
default or price declines due to changes in the issuer's creditworthiness than
those of higher quality debt securities. The market prices of these securities
may fluctuate more than the prices of higher quality debt securities and may
decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty. These risks may
be increased with respect to investments in junk bonds.

Investing outside the United States - Securities of issuers domiciled outside
the United States, or with significant operations outside the United States, may
lose value because of political, social, economic or market developments or
instability in the countries or regions in which the issuer operates. These
securities may also lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates
against the U.S. dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Securities markets
in certain countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those in the
United States. Investments outside the United States may also be subject to
different settlement and accounting practices and different regulatory, legal
and reporting standards, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the
United States. The risks of investing outside the United States may be heightened
in connection with investments in emerging and developing countries.

Management - The investment adviser to the fund actively manages the fund's
investments. Consequently, the fund is subject to the risk that the methods and
analyses employed by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the
desired results. This could cause the fund to lose value or its investment
results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.

Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency,
entity or person. You should consider how this fund fits into your overall investment
program.

Investment results

The following bar chart shows how the fund's investment results have varied from
year to year, and the following table shows how the fund's average annual total
returns for various periods compare with different broad measures of market
results. This information provides some indication of the risks of investing in
the fund. The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index is a gauge of the U.S. investment-grade
bond market and reflects a portion of the fixed-income securities in which the fund
may invest. The Lipper Income Funds Index includes some of the largest funds that
disclose investment objectives and/or strategies that are reasonably comparable to
the fund's income objective and/or strategies. Past investment results (before and
after taxes) are not predictive of future investment results. Updated information
on the fund's investment results can be obtained by visiting americanfunds.com.

The following bar chart shows how the fund's investment results have varied from
year to year, and the following table shows how the fund's average annual total
returns for various periods compare with different broad measures of market
results.

Calender year total returns for Class A shares (Results do not include a sales charge; if a sales charge were included, resultls would be lower.)

Highest/Lowest quarterly results during this period were:

Highest  14.13% (quarter ended September 30, 2009)

Lowest  -15.43% (quarter ended December 31, 2008)

The Fund's total return for the six month ended
June 30, 2012, was 5.57%.

Average annual total returns For the periods ended December 31, 2011 (with maximum sales charge):

Average Annual Total Returns INCOME FUND OF AMERICA	Label	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years	Since Inception	Inception Date
Class A	A - Before taxes	(0.49%)	0.48%	5.59%	11.07%	Dec. 01, 1973
Class B	B - Before taxes	(0.18%)	0.59%	5.57%	6.38%	Mar. 15, 2000
Class C	C - Before taxes	3.79%	0.86%	5.34%	5.35%	Mar. 15, 2001
Class F-1	F-1 - Before taxes	5.54%	1.64%	6.15%	6.10%	Mar. 15, 2001
Class F-2	F-2 - Before taxes	5.77%			4.84%	Aug. 01, 2008
Class 529-A	529-A - Before taxes	(0.58%)	0.41%		5.61%	Feb. 15, 2002
Class 529-B	529-B - Before taxes	(0.37%)	0.46%		5.62%	Feb. 19, 2002
Class 529-C	529-C - Before taxes	3.69%	0.79%		5.48%	Feb. 19, 2002
Class 529-E	529-E - Before taxes	5.23%	1.31%		5.90%	Feb. 25, 2002
Class 529-F-1	529-F-1 - Before taxes	5.73%	1.81%		7.61%	Sep. 17, 2002
Class R-1	R-1 - Before taxes	4.74%	0.85%		5.47%	Jun. 17, 2002
Class R-2	R-2 - Before taxes	4.69%	0.79%		5.13%	May 31, 2002
Class R-3	R-3 - Before taxes	5.20%	1.29%		5.75%	Jun. 04, 2002
Class R-4	R-4 - Before taxes	5.51%	1.60%		6.58%	Jun. 27, 2002
Class R-5	R-5 - Before taxes	5.82%	1.91%		6.22%	May 15, 2002
Class R-6	R-6 - Before taxes	5.94%			17.05%	May 01, 2009
After Taxes on Distributions Class A	A - After taxes on distributions	(1.36%)	(0.68%)	4.29%
After Taxes on Distributions and Sales Class A	A - After taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares	0.23%	none	4.30%
S&P 500	S&P 500 (reflects no deductions for sales charges, account fees, expenses or taxes)	2.09%	(0.25%)	2.92%	10.37%	Dec. 01, 1973
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index	Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index (reflects no deductions for sales charges, account fees, expenses or taxes)	7.84%	6.50%	5.78%
Lipper Income Funds Index	Lipper Income Funds Index (reflects no deductions for sales charges, account fees or taxes)	1.98%	2.78%	4.60%

After-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares; after-tax returns for other
share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the highest
individual federal income tax rates in effect during each year of the periods
shown and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual
after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation and likely will differ
from the results shown above. In addition, after-tax returns are not relevant if
you hold your fund shares through a tax-favored arrangement, such as a 401(k)
plan, individual retirement account (IRA) or 529 college savings plan.

[1] A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% applies on certain redemptions within one year following purchases of $1 million or more made without an initial sales charge.