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Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust
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Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Mar. 25, 2014
Parametric Dividend Income Fund
  
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PARAMETRIC DIVIDEND INCOME FUND
Supplement to Prospectus dated March 25, 2014

 

The following replaces “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” under “Fund Summary”:

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.

       
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)   Investor Class Institutional Class
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price)   None None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of net asset value at purchase or redemption)   None None

 

       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)   Investor Class Institutional Class
Management Fees   0.55% 0.55%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees   0.25% n/a
Other Expenses (estimated)   0.25% 0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses   1.05% 0.80%
Expense Reimbursement(1)   (0.20)% (0.20)%
Total Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement   0.85 % 0.60%

(1)

The investment adviser and administrator and sub-adviser have agreed to reimburse the Fund’s expenses to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed 0.85% for Investor Class shares and 0.60% for Institutional Class shares. This expense reimbursement will continue through June 30, 2015. Any amendment to or a termination of this reimbursement would require written approval of the Board of Trustees. The expense reimbursement relates to ordinary operating expenses only and does not include expenses such as: brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses of unaffiliated funds, interest expense, taxes or litigation expenses. Amounts reimbursed may be recouped by the investment adviser and administrator and sub-adviser during the Fund’s current fiscal year to the extent actual expenses are less than the contractual expense cap during such year.

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 operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

     
  1 Year 3 Years
Investor Class shares $87 $314
Institutional Class shares $61 $235

 

   
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Parametric Dividend Income Fund | Investor Class
  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol EAPDX
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of net asset value at purchase or redemption) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.55%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses (estimated) rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.05%
Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.20%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.85%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 87
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 314
Parametric Dividend Income Fund | Institutional Class
  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol EIPDX
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of net asset value at purchase or redemption) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.55%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses (estimated) rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.80%
Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.20%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.60%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 61
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 $ 235