This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. For example, in addition to the fees and expenses described below, you may also be required to pay brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of Class F-2, F-3, 529-F-2 or 529-F-3 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 ($250,000 for Class 529-A shares). More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, in the “Sales charge reductions and waivers” sections on page 36 of the prospectus and on page 89 of the fund’s statement of additional information, and in the sales charge waiver appendix to the prospectus.

Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]

$ 25,000

Shareholder Fees [Table]


Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Share class:	A	529-A	C and 529-C	529-E	T and 529-T	All F and 529-F share classes	All R share classes
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	5.75%	3.50%	none	none	2.50%	none	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the amount redeemed)	1.00^*	1.00^*	1.00%	none	none	none	none
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends	none	none	none	none	none	none	none
Redemption or exchange fees	none	none	none	none	none	none	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]


Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Share class:	A	C	T	F-1	F-2	F-3	529-A
Management fees	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees	0.25	1.00	0.25	0.25	none	none	0.23
Other expenses	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.17	0.14	0.04	0.15
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.58	1.33	0.57	0.65	0.37	0.27	0.61


Share class:	529-C	529-E	529-T	529-F-1	529-F-2	529-F-3	R-1
Management fees	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees	0.98	0.49	0.25	0.25	none	none	1.00
Other expenses	0.15	0.12	0.14	0.22	0.13	0.09	0.13
Total annual fund operating expenses	1.36	0.84	0.62	0.70	0.36	0.32	1.36


Share class:	R-2	R-2E	R-3	R-4	R-5E	R-5	R-6
Management fees	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%	0.23%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees	0.75	0.60	0.50	0.25	none	none	none
Other expenses	0.38	0.24	0.18	0.14	0.18	0.08	0.04
Total annual fund operating expenses	1.36	1.07	0.91	0.62	0.41	0.31	0.27

^* A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% applies on certain redemptions made within 18 months following purchases of $1 million or more made without an initial sales charge. Contingent deferred sales charge is calculated based on the lesser of the offering price and market value of shares being sold.

Expense Example [Heading]

Example

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text]

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

Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text]

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

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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 92% of the average value of its portfolio.