485BPOS

File No. 33-42162

811-6377

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933[X]

Pre-Effective Amendment No.[__]

Post-Effective Amendment No. 41[X]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940[X]

Amendment No. 41[X]

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

Dreyfus Municipal Funds, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

c/o The Dreyfus Corporation

200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 922-6000

Janette Farragher, Esq.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

X__ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

_____on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)

_____ (days) days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

_____on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York on the 11th day of January 2013.

Dreyfus Municipal Funds, Inc.

BY:	/s/ Bradley J. Skapyak*
	Bradley J. Skapyak, PRESIDENT

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signatures	Title	Date
/s/ Bradley J. Skapyak*	President (Principal Executive Officer)	01/11/2013
Bradley J. Skapyak
/s/ James Windels*	Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	01/11/2013
James Windels
/s/ Joseph S. DiMartino*	Chairman of the Board	01/11/2013
Joseph S. DiMartino
/s/ William Hodding Carter III*	Board Member	01/11/2013
William Hodding Carter III
/s/ Gordon J. Davis*	Board Member	01/11/2013
Gordon J. Davis
/s/ Joni Evans*	Board Member	01/11/2013
Joni Evans
/s/ Ehud Houminer*	Board Member	01/11/2013
Ehud Houminer
/s/ Richard C. Leone*	Board Member	01/11/2013
Richard C. Leone
/s/ Hans C. Mautner*	Board Member	01/11/2013
Hans C. Mautner

/s/ Robin A. Melvin*	Board Member	01/11/2013
Robin A. Melvin
/s/ Burton N. Wallack*	Board Member	01/11/2013
Burton N. Wallack
/s/ John E. Zuccotti*	Board Member	01/11/2013
John E. Zuccotti

*BY:	/s/ John B. Hammalian
	John B. Hammalian, Attorney-in-Fact

INDEX OF EXHIBITS

Exhibits

EX-101.INS – Instance Document.

EX-101.SCH – Taxonomy.

EX-101.CAL – Calculation Linkbase.

EX-101.DEF – Definition Linkbase.

EX-101.LAB – Labels Linkbase.

EX-101.PRE – Presentation Linkbase.

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Label	Element	Value
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
ProspectusDate	rr_ProspectusDate	Jan. 01, 2013
Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Risk/Return [Heading]	rr_RiskReturnHeading	Fund Summary
Objective [Heading]	rr_ObjectiveHeading	Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block]	rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock	The fund seeks as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax as is consistent with the preservation of capital.
Expense [Heading]	rr_ExpenseHeading	Fees and Expenses
Expense Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock	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 $50,000 in certain funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the Shareholder Guide section on page 8 of the prospectus and in the How to Buy Shares section and the Additional Information About How to Buy Shares section on page II-1 and page III-1, respectively, of the fund's Statement of Additional Information. Class A shares bought without an initial sales charge as part of an investment of $1 million or more may be charged a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]	rr_ShareholderFeesCaption	Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text]	rr_OperatingExpensesCaption	Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover [Heading]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading	Portfolio Turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock	The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover 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 performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 22.11% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate	rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate	22.11%
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text]	rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts	You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds.
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]	rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount	50,000
Expense Example [Heading]	rr_ExpenseExampleHeading	Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock	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 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-years examples are based on net operating expenses, which reflect the expense waiver/reimbursement by The Dreyfus Corporation. 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]	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionByYearCaption	You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:
Strategy [Heading]	rr_StrategyHeading	Principal Investment Strategy
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock	To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests substantially all of its net assets in municipal bonds that provide income exempt from federal income tax. The fund also seeks to provide income exempt from the federal alternative minimum tax. The fund invests at least 65% of its assets in municipal bonds with an A or higher credit rating, or the unrated equivalent as determined by The Dreyfus Corporation. The fund may invest the remaining 35% of its assets in municipal bonds with a credit rating lower than A, including municipal bonds rated below investment grade ("high yield" or "junk" bonds), or the unrated equivalent as determined by The Dreyfus Corporation. The dollar-weighted average maturity of the fund's portfolio normally exceeds ten years, but the fund may invest without regard to maturity. The portfolio managers focus on identifying undervalued sectors and securities. To select municipal bonds for the fund, the portfolio managers use fundamental credit analysis to estimate the relative value and attractiveness of various sectors and securities and actively trade among various sectors based on their apparent values. Although the fund seeks to provide income exempt from federal income tax, the fund may invest temporarily in taxable bonds, including when the portfolio managers believe acceptable municipal bonds are not available for investment.
Risk [Heading]	rr_RiskHeading	Principal Risks
Risk Narrative [Text Block]	rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock	An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit. It is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. It is not a complete investment program. The fund's share price fluctuates, sometimes dramatically, which means you could lose money. o Municipal bond market risk. The amount of public information available about municipal bonds is generally less than that for corporate equities or bonds. Special factors, such as legislative changes, and state and local economic and business developments, may adversely affect the yield and/or value of the fund's investments in municipal bonds. Other factors include the general conditions of the municipal bond market, the size of the particular offering, the maturity of the obligation and the rating of the issue. Changes in economic, business or political conditions relating to a particular municipal project, municipality, or state in which the fund invests may have an impact on the fund's share price. o Interest rate risk. Prices of municipal bonds tend to move inversely with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates will adversely affect bond prices and, accordingly, the fund's share price. The longer the effective maturity and duration of the fund's portfolio, the more the fund's share price is likely to react to interest rates. o Credit risk. Failure of an issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of a municipal bond, can cause the bond's price to fall, potentially lowering the fund's share price. The lower a bond's credit rating, the greater the chance - in the rating agency's opinion - that the bond issuer will default or fail to meet its payment obligations. To the extent the fund invests in high yield ("junk") bonds, its portfolio is subject to heightened credit risk. o Liquidity risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and the fund's share price may fall dramatically, even during periods of declining interest rates. The secondary market for certain municipal bonds tends to be less well developed or liquid than many other securities markets, which may adversely affect the fund's ability to sell such municipal bonds at attractive prices. o Non-diversification risk. The fund is non-diversified, which means that the fund may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers. Therefore, the fund's performance may be more vulnerable to changes in the market value of a single issuer or group of issuers and more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a diversified fund.
Risk Lose Money [Text]	rr_RiskLoseMoney	The fund's share price fluctuates, sometimes dramatically, which means you could lose money.
Risk Nondiversified Status [Text]	rr_RiskNondiversifiedStatus	The fund is non-diversified, which means that the fund may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers. Therefore, the fund's performance may be more vulnerable to changes in the market value of a single issuer or group of issuers and more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a diversified fund.
Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]	rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution	An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit. It is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]	rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading	Performance
Performance Narrative [Text Block]	rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock	The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The table compares the average annual total returns of the fund's shares to those of a broad measure of market performance. The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indicator of how the fund will perform in the future. More recent performance information may be available at www.dreyfus.com.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]	rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns	The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund.
Performance Availability Website Address [Text]	rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress	www.dreyfus.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]	rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture	The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indicator of how the fund will perform in the future.
Bar Chart [Heading]	rr_BarChartHeading	Year-by-Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year (%) -- Class Z
Bar Chart Narrative [Text Block]	rr_BarChartNarrativeTextBlock	The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund's Class Z shares from year to year. Sales charges, if any, are not reflected in the bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would have been less than those shown.
Bar Chart Does Not Reflect Sales Loads [Text]	rr_BarChartDoesNotReflectSalesLoads	Sales charges, if any, are not reflected in the bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would have been less than those shown.
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]	rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock	Best Quarter     Q3, 2009: 8.67% Worst Quarter    Q4, 2010: -5.08% The year-to-date total return of the fund's Class Z shares as of                  9/30/12 was 7.12%.
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text]	rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes	reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate	rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate	After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred	rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred	Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text]	rr_PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown	After-tax performance is shown only for Class Z shares. After-tax performance of the fund's other share classes will vary.
Performance Table Narrative	rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock	After-tax performance is shown only for Class Z shares. After-tax performance of the fund's other share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Performance figures for the fund's Class A, Class C and Class I shares for periods prior to the inception date of such classes reflect the performance of the fund's Class Z shares adjusted to reflect any applicable sales charge. Such performance figures have not been adjusted, however, to reflect applicable class fees and expenses; if such fees and expenses had been reflected, the performance shown for Class A and Class C shares for such periods may have been lower.
Caption	rr_AverageAnnualReturnCaption	Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/11) Class (Inception Date)
Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund | Barclays Municipal Bond Index
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Barclays Municipal Bond Index reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	10.70%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	5.22%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	5.30%
Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund | Class A
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	4.50%
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of lower of purchase or sale price)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Management fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.60%
Distribution (12b-1) fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	none
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.37%
Total annual fund operating expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.97%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets	(0.27%)
Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement)	rr_NetExpensesOverAssets	0.70%	[1]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination	2014-01-01
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	518
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	719
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	937
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	1,563
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	518
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	719
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	937
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	1,563
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Class A returns before taxes
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	6.00%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	3.33%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	4.31%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 31, 2003
Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund | Class C
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of lower of purchase or sale price)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	1.00%
Management fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.60%
Distribution (12b-1) fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	0.75%
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.38%
Total annual fund operating expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.73%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets	(0.28%)
Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement)	rr_NetExpensesOverAssets	1.45%	[1]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination	2014-01-01
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	248
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	518
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	912
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	2,018
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	148
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	518
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	912
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	2,018
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Class C returns before taxes
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	9.18%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	3.50%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	4.11%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 31, 2003
Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund | Class I
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of lower of purchase or sale price)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Management fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.60%
Distribution (12b-1) fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	none
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.13%
Total annual fund operating expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.73%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets	(0.28%)
Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement)	rr_NetExpensesOverAssets	0.45%	[1]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination	2014-01-01
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	46
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	205
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	378
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	880
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	46
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	205
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	378
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	880
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Class I returns before taxes
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	11.27%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	4.54%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	5.04%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Dec. 15, 2008
Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund | Class Z
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of lower of purchase or sale price)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Management fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.60%
Distribution (12b-1) fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	none
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.16%
Total annual fund operating expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.76%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets	(0.26%)
Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement)	rr_NetExpensesOverAssets	0.50%	[1]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination	2014-01-01
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	51
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	217
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	397
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	918
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	51
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	217
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	397
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	918
Annual Return 2002	rr_AnnualReturn2002	9.45%
Annual Return 2003	rr_AnnualReturn2003	4.95%
Annual Return 2004	rr_AnnualReturn2004	4.61%
Annual Return 2005	rr_AnnualReturn2005	3.78%
Annual Return 2006	rr_AnnualReturn2006	4.99%
Annual Return 2007	rr_AnnualReturn2007	2.25%
Annual Return 2008	rr_AnnualReturn2008	(6.41%)
Annual Return 2009	rr_AnnualReturn2009	15.20%
Annual Return 2010	rr_AnnualReturn2010	1.72%
Annual Return 2011	rr_AnnualReturn2011	11.21%
Year to Date Return, Label	rr_YearToDateReturnLabel	The year-to-date total return of the fund's Class Z shares
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date	rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate	Sep. 30, 2012
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return	rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn	7.12%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label	rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel	Best Quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate	Sep. 30, 2009
Highest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn	8.67%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label	rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel	Worst Quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate	Dec. 31, 2010
Lowest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn	(5.08%)
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Class Z returns before taxes
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	11.21%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	4.52%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	5.03%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	May 06, 1994
Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund | Class Z | After Taxes on Distributions
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Class Z returns after taxes on distributions
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	11.21%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	4.52%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	5.02%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	May 06, 1994
Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund | Class Z | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Class Z returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	8.93%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	4.51%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	4.97%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	May 06, 1994

[1] The Dreyfus Corporation has contractually agreed, until January 1, 2014, to waive receipt of its fees and/or assume the expenses of the fund so that total annual fund operating expenses of none of the classes (excluding Rule 12b-1 fees, shareholder services fees, taxes, brokerage commissions, interest expenses, commitment fees on borrowings and extraordinary expenses) exceed 0.45%. On or after January 1, 2014, The Dreyfus Corporation may terminate this expense waiver at any time.

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Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund

Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The fund seeks as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax
as is consistent with the preservation of capital.

Fees and Expenses

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 $50,000 in certain
funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds. More information about these and other
discounts is available from your financial professional and in the Shareholder
Guide section on page 8 of the prospectus and in the How to Buy Shares section
and the Additional Information About How to Buy Shares section on page II-1 and
page III-1, respectively, of the fund's Statement of Additional Information.
Class A shares bought without an initial sales charge as part of an investment
of $1 million or more may be charged a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if
redeemed within one year.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund	Class A	Class C	Class I	Class Z
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	4.50%	none	none	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of lower of purchase or sale price)	none	1.00%	none	none

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund		Class A	Class C	Class I	Class Z
Management fees		0.60%	0.60%	0.60%	0.60%
Distribution (12b-1) fees		none	0.75%	none	none
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)		0.37%	0.38%	0.13%	0.16%
Total annual fund operating expenses		0.97%	1.73%	0.73%	0.76%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement		(0.27%)	(0.28%)	(0.28%)	(0.26%)
Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement)	[1]	0.70%	1.45%	0.45%	0.50%

Example

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 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-years examples are based on net operating expenses, which reflect the
expense waiver/reimbursement by The Dreyfus Corporation. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (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	518	719	937	1,563
Class C	248	518	912	2,018
Class I	46	205	378	880
Class Z	51	217	397	918

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (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 A	518	719	937	1,563
Class C	148	518	912	2,018
Class I	46	205	378	880
Class Z	51	217	397	918

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 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 performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was
22.11% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategy

To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests substantially all of its net
assets in municipal bonds that provide income exempt from federal income tax.
The fund also seeks to provide income exempt from the federal alternative
minimum tax. The fund invests at least 65% of its assets in municipal bonds
with an A or higher credit rating, or the unrated equivalent as determined
by The Dreyfus Corporation. The fund may invest the remaining 35% of its
assets in municipal bonds with a credit rating lower than A, including
municipal bonds rated below investment grade ("high yield" or "junk" bonds),
or the unrated equivalent as determined by The Dreyfus Corporation.

The dollar-weighted average maturity of the fund's portfolio normally exceeds
ten years, but the fund may invest without regard to maturity.

The portfolio managers focus on identifying undervalued sectors and securities.
To select municipal bonds for the fund, the portfolio managers use fundamental
credit analysis to estimate the relative value and attractiveness of various
sectors and securities and actively trade among various sectors based on their
apparent values.

Although the fund seeks to provide income exempt from federal income tax, the
fund may invest temporarily in taxable bonds, including when the portfolio
managers believe acceptable municipal bonds are not available for investment.

Principal Risks

An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit. It is not insured or guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government
agency. It is not a complete investment program. The fund's share price
fluctuates, sometimes dramatically, which means you could lose money.

o Municipal bond market risk. The amount of public information available about
municipal bonds is generally less than that for corporate equities or bonds.
Special factors, such as legislative changes, and state and local economic and
business developments, may adversely affect the yield and/or value of the fund's
investments in municipal bonds. Other factors include the general conditions of
the municipal bond market, the size of the particular offering, the maturity of
the obligation and the rating of the issue. Changes in economic, business or
political conditions relating to a particular municipal project, municipality,
or state in which the fund invests may have an impact on the fund's share price.

o Interest rate risk. Prices of municipal bonds tend to move inversely with
changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates will adversely affect bond
prices and, accordingly, the fund's share price. The longer the effective
maturity and duration of the fund's portfolio, the more the fund's share price
is likely to react to interest rates.

o Credit risk. Failure of an issuer to make timely interest or principal
payments, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of a
municipal bond, can cause the bond's price to fall, potentially lowering the
fund's share price. The lower a bond's credit rating, the greater the chance -
in the rating agency's opinion - that the bond issuer will default or fail to
meet its payment obligations. To the extent the fund invests in high yield
("junk") bonds, its portfolio is subject to heightened credit risk.

o Liquidity risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific
types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or
near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and
the fund's share price may fall dramatically, even during periods of declining
interest rates. The secondary market for certain municipal bonds tends to be
less well developed or liquid than many other securities markets, which may
adversely affect the fund's ability to sell such municipal bonds at attractive
prices.

o Non-diversification risk. The fund is non-diversified, which means that the
fund may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a limited number
of issuers. Therefore, the fund's performance may be more vulnerable to changes
in the market value of a single issuer or group of issuers and more susceptible
to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence
than a diversified fund.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of
investing in the fund. The table compares the average annual total returns
of the fund's shares to those of a broad measure of market performance.
The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily
an indicator of how the fund will perform in the future. More recent
performance information may be available at www.dreyfus.com.

The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund's Class Z
shares from year to year. Sales charges, if any, are not reflected in
the bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would have
been less than those shown.

Year-by-Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year (%) -- Class Z

Best Quarter    
Q3, 2009: 8.67%
Worst Quarter   
Q4, 2010: -5.08%

The year-to-date total return of the fund's Class Z shares as of                 
9/30/12 was 7.12%.

After-tax performance is shown only for Class Z shares. After-tax performance of
the fund's other share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using
the historical highest individual federal marginal tax rates, and do not reflect
the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the
investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after tax
returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through
tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement
accounts.

Performance figures for the fund's Class A, Class C and Class I shares for
periods prior to the inception date of such classes reflect the performance of
the fund's Class Z shares adjusted to reflect any applicable sales charge. Such
performance figures have not been adjusted, however, to reflect applicable class
fees and expenses; if such fees and expenses had been reflected, the performance
shown for Class A and Class C shares for such periods may have been lower.

Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/11) Class (Inception Date)

Average Annual Total Returns Dreyfus AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund	Label	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years	Inception Date
Class A	Class A returns before taxes	6.00%	3.33%	4.31%	Mar. 31, 2003
Class C	Class C returns before taxes	9.18%	3.50%	4.11%	Mar. 31, 2003
Class I	Class I returns before taxes	11.27%	4.54%	5.04%	Dec. 15, 2008
Class Z	Class Z returns before taxes	11.21%	4.52%	5.03%	May 06, 1994
After Taxes on Distributions Class Z	Class Z returns after taxes on distributions	11.21%	4.52%	5.02%	May 06, 1994
After Taxes on Distributions and Sales Class Z	Class Z returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares	8.93%	4.51%	4.97%	May 06, 1994
Barclays Municipal Bond Index	Barclays Municipal Bond Index reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes	10.70%	5.22%	5.30%

[1] The Dreyfus Corporation has contractually agreed, until January 1, 2014, to waive receipt of its fees and/or assume the expenses of the fund so that total annual fund operating expenses of none of the classes (excluding Rule 12b-1 fees, shareholder services fees, taxes, brokerage commissions, interest expenses, commitment fees on borrowings and extraordinary expenses) exceed 0.45%. On or after January 1, 2014, The Dreyfus Corporation may terminate this expense waiver at any time.

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Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
ProspectusDate	rr_ProspectusDate	Jan. 01, 2013
Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Risk/Return [Heading]	rr_RiskReturnHeading	Fund Summary
Objective [Heading]	rr_ObjectiveHeading	Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block]	rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock	As its primary goal, the fund seeks high current income exempt from federal income tax.
Objective, Secondary [Text Block]	rr_ObjectiveSecondaryTextBlock	As a secondary goal, the fund may seek capital appreciation to the extent consistent with its primary goal.
Expense [Heading]	rr_ExpenseHeading	Fees and Expenses
Expense Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock	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 $50,000 in certain funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the Shareholder Guide section on page 9 of the prospectus and in the How to Buy Shares section and the Additional Information About How to Buy Shares section on page II-1 and page III-1, respectively, of the fund's Statement of Additional Information. Class A shares bought without an initial sales charge as part of an investment of $1 million or more may be charged a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within one year.
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Portfolio Turnover, Rate	rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate	26.27%
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text]	rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts	You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds.
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]	rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount	50,000
Expense Example [Heading]	rr_ExpenseExampleHeading	Example
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Strategy [Heading]	rr_StrategyHeading	Principal Investment Strategy
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Risk [Heading]	rr_RiskHeading	Principal Risks
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Risk Lose Money [Text]	rr_RiskLoseMoney	It is not a complete investment program. The fund's share price fluctuates, sometimes dramatically, which means you could lose money.
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Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]	rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution	An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit. It is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]	rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading	Performance
Performance Narrative [Text Block]	rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock	The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The table compares the average annual total returns of the fund's shares to those of a broad measure of market performance. The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indicator of how the fund will perform in the future. More recent performance information may be available at www.dreyfus.com.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]	rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns	The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund.
Performance Availability Website Address [Text]	rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress	www.dreyfus.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]	rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture	The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indicator of how the fund will perform in the future.
Bar Chart [Heading]	rr_BarChartHeading	Year-by-Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year (%) -- Class Z
Bar Chart Narrative [Text Block]	rr_BarChartNarrativeTextBlock	The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund's Class Z shares from year to year. Sales charges, if any, are not reflected in the bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would have been less than those shown.
Bar Chart Does Not Reflect Sales Loads [Text]	rr_BarChartDoesNotReflectSalesLoads	Sales charges, if any, are not reflected in the bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would have been less than those shown.
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]	rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock	Best Quarter                          Q3, 2009: 13.47%                      Worst Quarter                         Q4, 2008: -17.47%                      The year-to-date total return of the fund's Class Z shares as of 9/30/12 was     11.14%.
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text]	rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes	reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate	rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate	After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred	rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred	Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text]	rr_PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown	After-tax performance is shown only for Class Z shares. After-tax performance of the fund's other share classes will vary.
Performance Table Narrative	rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock	After-tax performance is shown only for Class Z shares. After-tax performance of the fund's other share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Performance figures for the fund's Class A, Class C and Class I shares for periods prior to the inception date of such classes reflect the performance of the fund's Class Z shares adjusted to reflect any applicable sales charge. Such performance figures have not been adjusted, however, to reflect applicable class fees and expenses; if such fees and expenses had been reflected, the performance shown for Class A and Class C shares for such periods may have been lower.
Caption	rr_AverageAnnualReturnCaption	Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/11)
Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund | Barclays Municipal Bond Index
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Barclays Municipal Bond Index reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	10.70%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	5.22%
Since Inception	rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception	5.07%
Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund | Class A
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	4.50%
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of lower of purchase or sale price)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum redemption fee (as a percentage of transaction amount charged only when selling shares you have owned for less than 60 days)	rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption	(2.00%)
Management fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.60%
Distribution (12b-1) fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	none
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.42%	[1]
Total annual fund operating expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.02%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	549
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	760
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	988
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	1,642
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	549
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	760
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	988
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	1,642
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Class A returns before taxes
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	3.63%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	0.89%
Since Inception	rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception	2.98%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 15, 2007
Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund | Class C
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of lower of purchase or sale price)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	1.00%
Maximum redemption fee (as a percentage of transaction amount charged only when selling shares you have owned for less than 60 days)	rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption	(2.00%)
Management fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.60%
Distribution (12b-1) fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	0.75%
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.43%	[1]
Total annual fund operating expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.78%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	281
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	560
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	964
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	2,095
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	181
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	560
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	964
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	2,095
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Class C returns before taxes
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	6.63%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	1.09%
Since Inception	rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception	3.15%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 15, 2007
Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund | Class I
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of lower of purchase or sale price)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum redemption fee (as a percentage of transaction amount charged only when selling shares you have owned for less than 60 days)	rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption	(2.00%)
Management fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.60%
Distribution (12b-1) fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	none
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.18%	[1]
Total annual fund operating expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.78%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	80
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	249
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	433
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	966
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	80
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	249
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	433
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	966
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Class I returns before taxes
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	8.71%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	1.97%
Since Inception	rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception	3.86%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Dec. 15, 2008
Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund | Class Z
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of lower of purchase or sale price)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum redemption fee (as a percentage of transaction amount charged only when selling shares you have owned for less than 60 days)	rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption	(2.00%)
Management fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.60%
Distribution (12b-1) fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	0.20%
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.15%	[1]
Total annual fund operating expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.95%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	97
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	303
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	525
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	1,166
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	97
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	303
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	525
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	1,166
Annual Return 2006	rr_AnnualReturn2006	10.91%
Annual Return 2007	rr_AnnualReturn2007	(1.87%)
Annual Return 2008	rr_AnnualReturn2008	(22.97%)
Annual Return 2009	rr_AnnualReturn2009	29.94%
Annual Return 2010	rr_AnnualReturn2010	3.28%
Annual Return 2011	rr_AnnualReturn2011	8.48%
Year to Date Return, Label	rr_YearToDateReturnLabel	year-to-date total return
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date	rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate	Sep. 30, 2012
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return	rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn	11.14%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label	rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel	Best Quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate	Sep. 30, 2009
Highest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn	13.47%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label	rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel	Worst Quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate	Dec. 31, 2008
Lowest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn	(17.47%)
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Class Z returns before taxes
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	8.48%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	1.93%
Since Inception	rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception	3.83%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Sep. 30, 2005
Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund | Class Z | After Taxes on Distributions
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Class Z returns after taxes on distributions
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	8.42%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	1.92%
Since Inception	rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception	3.80%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Sep. 30, 2005
Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund | Class Z | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Class Z returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	7.35%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	2.37%
Since Inception	rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception	4.01%
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Sep. 30, 2005

[1] Other expenses include interest expense associated with the fund's investment in inverse floaters. Not shown in the table is the additional income generated by these investments which was approximately the same as the interest expense.

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Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund

Fund Summary

Investment Objective

As its primary goal, the fund seeks high current income exempt from federal
income tax.

As a secondary goal, the fund may seek capital appreciation to the extent
consistent with its primary goal.

Fees and Expenses

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 $50,000 in certain
funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds. More information about these and other
discounts is available from your financial professional and in the Shareholder
Guide section on page 9 of the prospectus and in the How to Buy Shares section
and the Additional Information About How to Buy Shares section on page II-1 and
page III-1, respectively, of the fund's Statement of Additional Information.
Class A shares bought without an initial sales charge as part of an investment
of $1 million or more may be charged a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if
redeemed within one year.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund	Class A	Class C	Class I	Class Z
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	4.50%	none	none	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of lower of purchase or sale price)	none	1.00%	none	none
Maximum redemption fee (as a percentage of transaction amount charged only when selling shares you have owned for less than 60 days)	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund		Class A	Class C	Class I	Class Z
Management fees		0.60%	0.60%	0.60%	0.60%
Distribution (12b-1) fees		none	0.75%	none	0.20%
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)	[1]	0.42%	0.43%	0.18%	0.15%
Total annual fund operating expenses		1.02%	1.78%	0.78%	0.95%

Example

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 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 Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (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	549	760	988	1,642
Class C	281	560	964	2,095
Class I	80	249	433	966
Class Z	97	303	525	1,166

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (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 A	549	760	988	1,642
Class C	181	560	964	2,095
Class I	80	249	433	966
Class Z	97	303	525	1,166

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 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 performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was
26.27% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategy

To pursue its goals, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets,
plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in municipal bonds that provide
income exempt from federal income tax. The fund invests at least 50% of its
assets in municipal bonds rated BBB/Baa or lower by independent rating agencies
or the unrated equivalent as determined by The Dreyfus Corporation. Municipal
bonds rated below investment grade (BB/Ba or lower) are commonly known as "high
yield" or "junk" bonds. These bonds typically offer higher yields than investment
grade bonds, but involve greater risks, including the possibility of default,
and increased market price volatility. The fund may invest up to 10% of its
assets in defaulted municipal bonds. The fund may invest up to 50% of its
assets in higher quality municipal bonds (those rated AAA/Aaa to A or the
unrated equivalent as determined by The Dreyfus Corporation).

The dollar-weighted average maturity of the fund's portfolio is not restricted,
but normally exceeds ten years.

The portfolio managers focus on identifying undervalued sectors and securities.
To select municipal bonds for the fund, the portfolio managers use fundamental
credit analysis to estimate the relative value and attractiveness of various
sectors and securities and actively trade among various sectors, based on their
apparent values.

Although the fund seeks to provide income exempt from federal income tax, the
fund may invest without limitation in municipal bonds the income from which is
subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. In addition, the fund may invest
temporarily in taxable obligations.

Principal Risks

An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit. It is not insured or guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government
agency. It is not a complete investment program. The fund's share price
fluctuates, sometimes dramatically, which means you could lose money.

o Municipal bond market risk. The amount of public information available about
municipal bonds is generally less than that for corporate equities or bonds.
Special factors, such as legislative changes, and state and local economic and
business developments, may adversely affect the yield and/or value of the fund's
investments in municipal bonds. Other factors include the general conditions of
the municipal bond market, the size of the particular offering, the maturity of
the obligation and the rating of the issue. Changes in economic, business or
political conditions relating to a particular municipal project, municipality,
or state in which the fund invests may have an impact on the fund's share price.

o Interest rate risk. Prices of municipal bonds tend to move inversely with
changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates will adversely affect
bond prices and, accordingly, the fund's share price. The longer the effective
maturity and duration of the fund's portfolio, the more the fund's share price
is likely to react to interest rates.

o Credit risk. Failure of an issuer to make timely interest or principal
payments, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of a
municipal bond, can cause the bond's price to fall, potentially lowering the
fund's share price. The lower a bond's credit rating, the greater the chance -
in the rating agency's opinion - that the bond issuer will default or fail to
meet its payment obligations. To the extent the fund invests in high yield
("junk") bonds, its portfolio is subject to heightened credit risk.

o Liquidity risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific
types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or
near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and
the fund's share price may fall dramatically, even during periods of declining
interest rates. The secondary market for certain municipal bonds tends to be
less well developed or liquid than many other securities markets, which may
adversely affect the fund's ability to sell such municipal bonds at attractive
prices.

o Non-diversification risk. The fund is non-diversified, which means that the
fund may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a limited number
of issuers. Therefore, the fund's performance may be more vulnerable to changes
in the market value of a single issuer or group of issuers and more susceptible
to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence
than a diversified fund.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of
investing in the fund. The table compares the average annual total returns
of the fund's shares to those of a broad measure of market performance. The
fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an
indicator of how the fund will perform in the future. More recent performance
information may be available at www.dreyfus.com.

The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund's Class Z shares
from year to year. Sales charges, if any, are not reflected in the bar chart,
and if those charges were included, returns would have been less than those shown.

Year-by-Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year (%) -- Class Z

Best Quarter                         
Q3, 2009: 13.47%                     
Worst Quarter                        
Q4, 2008: -17.47%      
              
The year-to-date total return of the fund's Class Z shares as of 9/30/12 was    
11.14%.

After-tax performance is shown only for Class Z shares. After-tax performance of
the fund's other share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using
the historical highest individual federal marginal tax rates, and do not reflect
the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the
investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after tax
returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through
tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement
accounts.

Performance figures for the fund's Class A, Class C and Class I shares for
periods prior to the inception date of such classes reflect the performance of
the fund's Class Z shares adjusted to reflect any applicable sales charge. Such
performance figures have not been adjusted, however, to reflect applicable class
fees and expenses; if such fees and expenses had been reflected, the performance
shown for Class A and Class C shares for such periods may have been lower.

Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/11)

Average Annual Total Returns Dreyfus High Yield Municipal Bond Fund	Label	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception	Inception Date
Class A	Class A returns before taxes	3.63%	0.89%	2.98%	Mar. 15, 2007
Class C	Class C returns before taxes	6.63%	1.09%	3.15%	Mar. 15, 2007
Class I	Class I returns before taxes	8.71%	1.97%	3.86%	Dec. 15, 2008
Class Z	Class Z returns before taxes	8.48%	1.93%	3.83%	Sep. 30, 2005
After Taxes on Distributions Class Z	Class Z returns after taxes on distributions	8.42%	1.92%	3.80%	Sep. 30, 2005
After Taxes on Distributions and Sales Class Z	Class Z returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares	7.35%	2.37%	4.01%	Sep. 30, 2005
Barclays Municipal Bond Index	Barclays Municipal Bond Index reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes	10.70%	5.22%	5.07%

[1] Other expenses include interest expense associated with the fund's investment in inverse floaters. Not shown in the table is the additional income generated by these investments which was approximately the same as the interest expense.

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ProspectusDate	rr_ProspectusDate	Jan. 01, 2013
Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Money Market Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Money Market Fund
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Risk/Return [Heading]	rr_RiskReturnHeading	Fund Summary
Objective [Heading]	rr_ObjectiveHeading	Investment Objective
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Expense [Heading]	rr_ExpenseHeading	Fees and Expenses
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Expense Example [Heading]	rr_ExpenseExampleHeading	Example
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Strategy [Heading]	rr_StrategyHeading	Principal Investment Strategy
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock	As a money market fund, the fund is subject to the maturity, quality, liquidity and diversification requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which are designed to help money market funds maintain a stable share price of $1.00. To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests substantially all of its net assets in short-term, high quality municipal obligations that provide income exempt from federal income tax. The fund also may invest in high quality short-term structured notes, which are derivative instruments whose value is tied to underlying municipal obligations. Although the fund seeks to provide income exempt from federal income tax, income from some of the fund's holdings may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. In addition, the fund may invest temporarily in high quality, taxable money market instruments, including when the portfolio manager believes acceptable municipal obligations are not available for investment. During such periods, the fund may not achieve its investment objective.
Risk [Heading]	rr_RiskHeading	Principal Risks
Risk Narrative [Text Block]	rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock	An investment in the fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund. The fund's yield will fluctuate as the short-term securities in its portfolio mature and the proceeds are reinvested in securities with different interest rates. Additionally, while the fund has maintained a constant share price since inception, and will continue to try to do so, neither The Dreyfus Corporation nor its affiliates are required to make a capital infusion, enter into a capital support agreement or take other actions to prevent the fund's share price from falling below $1.00. The following are the principal risks that could reduce the fund's income level and/or share price: o Interest rate risk. This risk refers to the decline in the prices of fixed-income securities that may accompany a rise in the overall level of interest rates. A sharp and unexpected rise in interest rates could cause a money market fund's share price to drop below a dollar. o Credit risk. Failure of an issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of a security, can cause the security's price to fall, potentially lowering the fund's share price. Although the fund invests only in high quality debt securities, any of the fund's holdings could have its credit rating downgraded or could default. The credit quality of the securities held by the fund can change rapidly in certain market environments, and the default of a single holding could have the potential to cause significant deterioration of the fund's net asset value. o Liquidity risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities may fall dramatically, potentially lowering the fund's share price, even during periods of declining interest rates. Also, during such periods, redemptions by a few large investors in the fund may have a significant adverse effect on the fund's net asset value and remaining fund shareholders. o Tax risk. To be tax-exempt, municipal obligations generally must meet certain regulatory requirements. If any such municipal obligation fails to meet these regulatory requirements, the interest received by the fund from its investment in such obligations and distributed to fund shareholders will be taxable. o Structured notes risk. Structured notes, a type of derivative instrument, can be volatile, and the possibility of default by the financial institution or counterparty may be greater for these instruments than for other types of money market instruments. Structured notes typically are purchased in privately negotiated transactions from financial institutions and, thus, an active trading market for such instruments may not exist. o Non-diversification risk. The fund is non-diversified, which means that the fund may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers. Therefore, the fund's performance may be more vulnerable to changes in the market value of a single issuer or group of issuers and more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a diversified fund.
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Performance Availability Website Address [Text]	rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress	www.dreyfus.com
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Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Money Market Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Money Market Fund | Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Money Market Fund
Risk Return [Abstract]	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Exchange fee	rr_ExchangeFee	5.00
Account closeout fee	rr_ShareholderFeeOther	5.00
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Checkwriting charge	ck0000878092_ShareholderFeeOther3	2.00
Management fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.50%
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.20%
Total annual fund operating expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.70%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets	(0.25%)	[1]
Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement)	rr_NetExpensesOverAssets	0.45%
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Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	46
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	199
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	365
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	847
Annual Return 2002	rr_AnnualReturn2002	1.17%
Annual Return 2003	rr_AnnualReturn2003	0.70%
Annual Return 2004	rr_AnnualReturn2004	0.84%
Annual Return 2005	rr_AnnualReturn2005	2.06%
Annual Return 2006	rr_AnnualReturn2006	3.09%
Annual Return 2007	rr_AnnualReturn2007	3.32%
Annual Return 2008	rr_AnnualReturn2008	2.14%
Annual Return 2009	rr_AnnualReturn2009	0.42%
Annual Return 2010	rr_AnnualReturn2010	0.00%
Annual Return 2011	rr_AnnualReturn2011	0.00%
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Highest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate	Jun. 30, 2007
Highest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn	0.84%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label	rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel	Worst Quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate	Dec. 31, 2011
Lowest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn	0.00%
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	none
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	1.17%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	1.37%

[1] The Dreyfus Corporation has contractually agreed, until January 1, 2014, to waive receipt of its fees and/or assume the expenses of the fund so that total annual fund operating expenses do not exceed 0.45%. On or about January 1, 2014, The Dreyfus Corporation may terminate this expense waiver at any time.

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Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Money Market Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Money Market Fund

Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The fund seeks as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax
as is consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of
liquidity.

Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and
hold shares of the fund.

Shareholder Fees (charged if your account balance is less than $50,000)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)	Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Money Market Fund
Exchange fee	5.00
Account closeout fee	5.00
Wire and Dreyfus TeleTransfer redemption fee	5.00
Checkwriting charge	2.00

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses		Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Money Market Fund
Management fees		0.50%
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)		0.20%
Total annual fund operating expenses		0.70%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement	[1]	(0.25%)
Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement)		0.45%

Example

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 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-years examples are based on net operating expenses, which reflect the
expense waiver/reimbursement by The Dreyfus Corporation. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (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
Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Money Market Fund	46	199	365	847

Principal Investment Strategy

As a money market fund, the fund is subject to the maturity, quality, liquidity
and diversification requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended, which are designed to help money market funds maintain a
stable share price of $1.00. To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests
substantially all of its net assets in short-term, high quality municipal
obligations that provide income exempt from federal income tax. The fund also
may invest in high quality short-term structured notes, which are derivative
instruments whose value is tied to underlying municipal obligations.

Although the fund seeks to provide income exempt from federal income tax, income
from some of the fund's holdings may be subject to the federal alternative minimum
tax. In addition, the fund may invest temporarily in high quality, taxable money
market instruments, including when the portfolio manager believes acceptable
municipal obligations are not available for investment. During such periods,
the fund may not achieve its investment objective.

Principal Risks

An investment in the fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. Although the fund
seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is
possible to lose money by investing in the fund.

The fund's yield will fluctuate as the short-term securities in its portfolio
mature and the proceeds are reinvested in securities with different interest
rates. Additionally, while the fund has maintained a constant share price since
inception, and will continue to try to do so, neither The Dreyfus Corporation
nor its affiliates are required to make a capital infusion, enter into a capital
support agreement or take other actions to prevent the fund's share price from
falling below $1.00. The following are the principal risks that could reduce the
fund's income level and/or share price:

o Interest rate risk. This risk refers to the decline in the prices of
fixed-income securities that may accompany a rise in the overall level of
interest rates. A sharp and unexpected rise in interest rates could cause
a money market fund's share price to drop below a dollar.

o Credit risk. Failure of an issuer to make timely interest or principal
payments, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of
a security, can cause the security's price to fall, potentially lowering the
fund's share price. Although the fund invests only in high quality debt
securities, any of the fund's holdings could have its credit rating downgraded
or could default. The credit quality of the securities held by the fund can
change rapidly in certain market environments, and the default of a single
holding could have the potential to cause significant deterioration of the
fund's net asset value.

o Liquidity risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific
types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or
near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities may
fall dramatically, potentially lowering the fund's share price, even during
periods of declining interest rates. Also, during such periods, redemptions by
a few large investors in the fund may have a significant adverse effect on the
fund's net asset value and remaining fund shareholders.

o Tax risk. To be tax-exempt, municipal obligations generally must meet certain
regulatory requirements. If any such municipal obligation fails to meet these
regulatory requirements, the interest received by the fund from its investment
in such obligations and distributed to fund shareholders will be taxable.

o Structured notes risk. Structured notes, a type of derivative instrument,
can be volatile, and the possibility of default by the financial institution or
counterparty may be greater for these instruments than for other types of money
market instruments. Structured notes typically are purchased in privately
negotiated transactions from financial institutions and, thus, an active trading
market for such instruments may not exist.

o Non-diversification risk. The fund is non-diversified, which means that the
fund may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a limited number
of issuers. Therefore, the fund's performance may be more vulnerable to changes
in the market value of a single issuer or group of issuers and more susceptible
to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence
than a diversified fund.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of
investing in the fund. The table shows the average annual total returns of
the fund's shares over time. The fund's past performance (before and after taxes)
is not necessarily an indicator of how the fund will perform in the future. More
recent performance information may be available at www.dreyfus.com.

The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund's shares from
year to year.

Year-by-Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year (%)

Best Quarter                 
Q2, 2007: 0.84%              
Worst Quarter                
Q4, 2011: 0.00%  
            
The fund's year-to-date total return as of 9/30/12 was 0.00%.

Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/11

Average Annual Total Returns	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Money Market Fund	none	1.17%	1.37%

For the fund's current yield, call toll free 1-800-DREYFUS (inside the U.S. only).

[1] The Dreyfus Corporation has contractually agreed, until January 1, 2014, to waive receipt of its fees and/or assume the expenses of the fund so that total annual fund operating expenses do not exceed 0.45%. On or about January 1, 2014, The Dreyfus Corporation may terminate this expense waiver at any time.