May 22, 2001

                       DREYFUS INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND

                (A Series of Dreyfus International Funds, Inc.)

                           Supplement to Prospectus

                             Dated October 1, 2000

      At  a  meeting  of the Fund's Board of Directors held on May 21, 2001, the
Board  approved,  subject  to  shareholder  approval,  an  Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization   (the "Agreement") between  the  Fund  and  Dreyfus  Founders
International  Equity  Fund (the "Acquiring Fund") (a series of Dreyfus Founders
Funds,Inc.).  The Agreement provides for the transfer of all of the assets of
the  Fund,  subject  to  its  liabilities,  to  the Acquiring Fund in a tax free
exchange  for  shares of the Acquiring Fund, and the distribution of such shares
to the shareholders of the Fund (the "Exchange").

      The  Acquiring  Fund  is  advised  by  Founders  Asset  Management LLC, an
affiliate  of  The  Dreyfus  Corporation, and has the same portfolio manager and
investment  objective and substantially similar management policies as the Fund.
A  special  meeting  of  shareholders  of  the  Fund to consider the Exchange is
scheduled to be held on September 14, 2001 at 10:00 a.m.  Shareholders of record
as  of  June 29, 2001 will be entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the
meeting.   A  Prospectus/Proxy  Statement  that  includes  information about the
proposed  Exchange,  the  Fund  and  the  Acquiring  Fund will be mailed to Fund
shareholders  prior  to  the  meeting.   If  approved by shareholders, each Fund
shareholder  would receive for his or her Fund shares a number of Class A shares
of  the  Acquiring  Fund  equal in value to the aggregate net asset value of the
shareholder's Fund shares as of the date of the Exchange.

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