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Class T Prospectus | Dreyfus Equity Income Fund

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Supplement [Text Block]

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May 1, 2017

THE DREYFUS/LAUREL FUNDS TRUST

-DREYFUS EQUITY INCOME FUND

(Class T Shares)

Supplement to Prospectus

Dated March 31, 2017

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Dreyfus Equity Income Fund

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The following information supersedes and replaces any contrary information contained in “Fund Summary - Fees and Expenses” in the fund’s prospectus:

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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Mar. 31, 2018

Expenses Restated to Reflect Current [Text]

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Restated to reflect current management fee.

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Example

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The 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 hold or 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.  The one-year example and the first year of the three-, five- and ten-year examples are based on net operating expenses, which reflect the expense limitation by The Dreyfus Corporation.  Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Class T Prospectus | Dreyfus Equity Income Fund | Class T

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Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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2.50%

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of lower of purchase or sale price)

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none

Management fees

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0.70%

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Distribution/service (12b-1) fees

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0.25%

Other expenses

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0.21%

Total annual fund operating expenses

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1.16%

Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement

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(0.13%)

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Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement)

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1.03%

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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$ 352

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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597

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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860

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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1,612

Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year

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352

Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years

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597

Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years

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860

Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years

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$ 1,612

[1] Restated to reflect current management fee.

[2] The fund's investment adviser, The Dreyfus Corporation, has contractually agreed, until March 31, 2018, to waive receipt of its fees and/or assume the expenses of the fund so that the total annual fund operating expenses of Class T shares (excluding Rule 12b-1 fees, taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, commitment fees on borrowings and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed .78%. On or after March 31, 2018, The Dreyfus Corporation may terminate this expense limitation at any time.