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BNY Mellon Investment Grade Funds, Inc., et al. – ‘485BPOS’ on 11/30/20 – ‘XML’

On:  Monday, 11/30/20, at 9:36am ET   ·   Effective:  12/1/20   ·   Accession #:  889169-20-33   ·   File #s:  33-48926, 811-06718

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/30/20  BNY Mellon Inv Grade Funds, Inc.  485BPOS    12/01/20   22:8.5M
          → BNY Mellon Inflation Adjusted Securities Fund ⇒ Class I (DIASX) — Class Y (DAIYX) — Investor Shares (DIAVX)
          → BNY Mellon Short Term Income Fund ⇒ Class D (DSTIX) — Class P (DSHPX)

Post-Effective Amendment of a Form N-1 or N-1A Registration   —   Rule 485(b)
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 485BPOS     Post-Effective Amendment No. 69                     HTML   2.31M 
 5: EX-24       Power of Attorney -- powerofattorney                HTML     25K 
 2: EX-99.a CHARTER  Articles of Amendment                          HTML     11K 
 3: EX-99.d ADVSR CONTR  Expense Limitation Agreement               HTML     13K 
 4: EX-99.j OTHER OPININ  Consent of Independent Accountant         HTML     11K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     41K 
13: R2          Risk/Return Summary- BNY Mellon Inflation Adjusted  HTML    124K 
                Securities Fund                                                  
14: R8          Risk/Return Detail Data- BNY Mellon Inflation       HTML    215K 
                Adjusted Securities Fund                                         
15: R9          Risk/Return Summary- Class D Prospectus - BNY       HTML    134K 
                Mellon Short Term Income Fund (Class D)                          
16: R15         Risk/Return Detail Data- Class D Prospectus - BNY   HTML    220K 
                Mellon Short Term Income Fund (Class D)                          
17: R16         Risk/Return Summary- Class P Prospectus - BNY       HTML    134K 
                Mellon Short Term Income Fund (Class P)                          
18: R22         Risk/Return Detail Data- Class P Prospectus - BNY   HTML    220K 
                Mellon Short Term Income Fund (Class P)                          
19: R23         Risk/Return Detail Data                             HTML     11K 
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">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 67.49% of the average value of its portfolio.</p>
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<rr:StrategyHeading contextRef="c1"> Principal Investment Strategy </rr:StrategyHeading>
<rr:StrategyNarrativeTextBlock contextRef="c1">
<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in inflation-indexed securities. These are fixed-income securities designed to protect investors from a loss of value due to inflation by periodically adjusting their principal and/or coupon according to the rate of inflation. The inflation-indexed securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and some foreign government issuers, for example, accrue inflation into the principal value of the bond. Other issuers may pay out the Consumer Price Index accruals as part of a semi-annual coupon. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">The fund primarily invests in high quality, U.S. dollar-denominated, inflation-indexed securities. To a limited extent, the fund may invest in foreign currency-denominated, inflation-protected securities and other fixed-income securities not adjusted for inflation which are rated investment grade or the unrated equivalent as determined by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. Such other fixed-income securities may include: U.S. government bonds and notes, corporate bonds, mortgage-related securities and asset-backed securities.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">The fund seeks to keep the average effective duration of its portfolio at two to ten years. The fund may invest in individual fixed-income securities of any maturity or duration. The fund may adjust its portfolio holdings or average effective duration based on actual or anticipated changes in interest rates or credit quality. A bond's maturity is the length of time until the principal must be fully repaid with interest. Duration is an indication of an investment's "interest rate risk," or how sensitive a bond or the fund's portfolio may be to changes in interest rates.</p>
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<rr:RiskHeading contextRef="c1"> Principal Risks </rr:RiskHeading>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">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.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Fixed-income market risk. </span>The market value of a fixed-income security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment generally. The fixed-income securities market can be susceptible to increases in volatility and decreases in liquidity. Liquidity can decline unpredictably in response to overall economic conditions or credit tightening. Increases in volatility and decreases in liquidity may be caused by a rise in interest rates (or the expectation of a rise in interest rates). An unexpected increase in fund redemption requests, including requests from shareholders who may own a significant percentage of the fund's shares, which may be triggered by market turmoil or an increase in interest rates, could cause the fund to sell its holdings at a loss or at undesirable prices and adversely affect the fund's share price and increase the fund's liquidity risk, fund expenses and/or taxable distributions. Federal Reserve policy in response to market conditions, including with respect to interest rates, may adversely affect the value, volatility and liquidity of dividend and interest paying securities. Policy and legislative changes worldwide are affecting many aspects of financial regulation. The impact of these changes on the markets and the practical implications for market participants may not be fully known for some time. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Interest rate risk. </span>Prices of bonds and other fixed rate fixed-income securities tend to move inversely with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates will adversely affect fixed-income securities and, accordingly, will cause the value of the fund's investments in these securities to decline. During periods of very low interest rates, which occur from time to time due to market forces or actions of governments and/or their central banks, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the U.S., the fund may be subject to a greater risk of principal decline from rising interest rates. When interest rates fall, the fund's investments in new securities may be at lower yields and may reduce the fund's income. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. The magnitude of these fluctuations in the market price of fixed-income securities is generally greater for securities with longer effective maturities and durations because such instruments do not mature, reset interest rates or become callable for longer periods of time. The change in the value of a fixed-income security or portfolio can be approximated by multiplying its duration by a change in interest rates. For example, the market price of a fixed-income security with a duration of three years would be expected to decline 3% if interest rates rose 1%. Conversely, the market price of the same security would be expected to increase 3% if interest rates fell 1%. Interest rate changes may have different effects on the values of mortgage-related securities because of prepayment and extension risks. Interest rate changes may have different effects on the values of mortgage-related securities because of prepayment and extension risks. Interest rates in the United States currently are at or near historic lows due to market forces and actions of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the U.S., primarily in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and resultant market disruptions. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from fund performance. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Inflation-indexed security risk.</span> Interest payments on inflation-indexed securities can be unpredictable and will vary as the principal and/or interest is periodically adjusted based on the rate of inflation. If the index measuring inflation falls, the interest payable on these securities will be reduced. The U.S. Treasury has guaranteed that in the event of a drop in prices, it would repay the par amount of its inflation-indexed securities. Inflation-indexed securities issued by corporations generally do not guarantee repayment of principal. Any increase in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed security will be considered taxable ordinary income, even though investors do not receive their principal until maturity. As a result, the fund may be required to make annual distributions to shareholders that exceed the cash the fund received, which may cause the fund to liquidate certain investments when it is not advantageous to do so. Also, if the principal value of an inflation-indexed security is adjusted downward due to deflation, amounts previously distributed may be characterized in some circumstances as a return of capital.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Liquidity risk.</span> When there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities in a timely manner at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and the fund's share price may fall dramatically. Investments that are illiquid or that trade in lower volumes may be more difficult to value. Investments in foreign securities tend to have greater exposure to liquidity risk than </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left;">domestic securities. Liquidity risk also may refer to the risk that the fund will not be able to pay redemption proceeds within the allowable time period stated in this prospectus because of unusual market conditions, an unusually high volume of redemption requests, or other reasons. To meet redemption requests, the fund may be forced to sell securities at an unfavorable time and/or under unfavorable conditions, which may adversely affect the fund's share price.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Government securities risk.</span> Not all obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury. Some obligations are backed only by the credit of the issuing agency or instrumentality, and in some cases there may be some risk of default by the issuer. Any guarantee by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities of a security held by the fund does not apply to the market value of such security or to shares of the fund itself.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Foreign investment risk.</span> To the extent the fund invests in foreign securities, the fund's performance will be influenced by political, social and economic factors affecting investments in foreign issuers. Special risks associated with investments in foreign issuers include exposure to currency fluctuations, less liquidity, less developed or less efficient trading markets, lack of comprehensive company information, political and economic instability and differing auditing and legal standards. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are subject to the risk that such currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar and affect the value of these investments held by the fund. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Market risk. </span>The value of the securities in which the fund invests may be affected by political, regulatory, economic and social developments, and developments that impact specific economic sectors, industries or segments of the market.  In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the fund.  Global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market.  These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies world-wide.  Recent examples include pandemic risks related to COVID-19 and aggressive measures taken world-wide in response by governments, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines of large populations, and by businesses, including changes to operations and reducing staff.  </p>
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<rr:RiskNotInsured contextRef="c1"> 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. </rr:RiskNotInsured>
<rr:RiskLoseMoney contextRef="c1"> The fund's share price fluctuates, sometimes dramatically, which means you could lose money. </rr:RiskLoseMoney>
<rr:BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading contextRef="c1"> Performance </rr:BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund's Class I shares from year to year. 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 indication of how the fund will perform in the future. More recent performance information may be available at <span style="font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;">www.bnymellonim.com/us</span>.<br/></p>
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<rr:PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns contextRef="c1"> The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. </rr:PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns>
<rr:PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture contextRef="c1"> The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future. </rr:PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture>
<rr:PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress contextRef="c1"> www.bnymellonim.com/us </rr:PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress>
<rr:BarChartHeading contextRef="c1"> Year-by-Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year (%) Class I Shares </rr:BarChartHeading>
<rr:HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel contextRef="c1"> Best Quarter </rr:HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel>
<rr:BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate contextRef="c1"> 2011-09-30 </rr:BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate>
<rr:BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn contextRef="c1" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0477 </rr:BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn>
<rr:LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel contextRef="c1"> Worst Quarter </rr:LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel>
<rr:BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate contextRef="c1"> 2013-06-30 </rr:BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate>
<rr:BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn contextRef="c1" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> -0.0690 </rr:BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn>
<rr:YearToDateReturnLabel contextRef="c1"> year-to-date total return </rr:YearToDateReturnLabel>
<rr:BarChartYearToDateReturnDate contextRef="c1"> 2020-09-30 </rr:BarChartYearToDateReturnDate>
<rr:BarChartYearToDateReturn contextRef="c1" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0634 </rr:BarChartYearToDateReturn>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">After-tax performance is shown only for Class I 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 income 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 U.S. tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">For the fund's Class Y shares, periods prior to the inception date reflect the performance of the fund's Class I shares. Such performance figures have not been adjusted to reflect applicable class fees and expenses. Each share class is invested in the same portfolio of securities, and the annual returns would have differed only to the extent that the classes have different expenses.</p>
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<rr:PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown contextRef="c1"> After-tax performance is shown only for Class I shares. After-tax performance of the fund's other share classes will vary. </rr:PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown>
<rr:PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate contextRef="c1"> After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. </rr:PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate>
<rr:PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred contextRef="c1"> 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 U.S. tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. </rr:PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnCaption contextRef="c1"> Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/19) </rr:AverageAnnualReturnCaption>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0625 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0189 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0268 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c5" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0558 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c5" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0128 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c5" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0179 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c6" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0369 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c6" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0117 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c6" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0176 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c4" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0591 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c4" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0163 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c4" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0237 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate contextRef="c2"> 2013-07-01 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c2" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0632 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c2" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0196 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c2" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0272 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<rr:IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes contextRef="c1"> reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes </rr:IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c7" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0686 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c7" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0236 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c7" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0257 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<dei:TradingSymbol contextRef="c9"> DSTIX </dei:TradingSymbol>
<rr:RiskReturnHeading contextRef="c8"> Fund Summary </rr:RiskReturnHeading>
<rr:ObjectiveHeading contextRef="c8"> Investment Objective </rr:ObjectiveHeading>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">The fund seeks to maximize total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income.</p>
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<rr:ExpenseHeading contextRef="c8"> Fees and Expenses </rr:ExpenseHeading>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.</p>
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<rr:OperatingExpensesCaption contextRef="c8"> Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </rr:OperatingExpensesCaption>
<rr:ManagementFeesOverAssets contextRef="c9" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0050 </rr:ManagementFeesOverAssets>
<rr:DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets contextRef="c9" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0 </rr:DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets>
<rr:Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets contextRef="c9" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0020 </rr:Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets>
<rr:Component3OtherExpensesOverAssets contextRef="c9" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0046 </rr:Component3OtherExpensesOverAssets>
<rr:OtherExpensesOverAssets contextRef="c9" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0066 </rr:OtherExpensesOverAssets>
<rr:ExpensesOverAssets contextRef="c9" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0116 </rr:ExpensesOverAssets>
<rr:FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets contextRef="c9" decimals="INF" id="ix_0_fact" unitRef="pure"> -0.0051 </rr:FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets>
<rr:NetExpensesOverAssets contextRef="c9" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0065 </rr:NetExpensesOverAssets>
<rr:FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination contextRef="c8"> 2021-12-01 </rr:FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination>
<rr:ExpenseExampleHeading contextRef="c8"> Example </rr:ExpenseExampleHeading>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">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-years examples are based on net operating expenses, which reflect the expense limitation agreement by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p>
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<rr:ExpenseExampleYear01 contextRef="c9" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 66 </rr:ExpenseExampleYear01>
<rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 contextRef="c9" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 66 </rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01>
<rr:ExpenseExampleYear03 contextRef="c9" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 318 </rr:ExpenseExampleYear03>
<rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 contextRef="c9" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 318 </rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03>
<rr:ExpenseExampleYear05 contextRef="c9" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 589 </rr:ExpenseExampleYear05>
<rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 contextRef="c9" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 589 </rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05>
<rr:ExpenseExampleYear10 contextRef="c9" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 1363 </rr:ExpenseExampleYear10>
<rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 contextRef="c9" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 1363 </rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10>
<rr:PortfolioTurnoverHeading contextRef="c8"> Portfolio Turnover </rr:PortfolioTurnoverHeading>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">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 98.18% of the average value of its portfolio.</p>
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<rr:PortfolioTurnoverRate contextRef="c8" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.9818 </rr:PortfolioTurnoverRate>
<rr:StrategyHeading contextRef="c8"> Principal Investment Strategy </rr:StrategyHeading>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;">To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in fixed-income securities of U.S. and foreign issuers rated investment grade or the unrated equiv</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;">alent as determined by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. These securities include: U.S. government bonds and notes, corpo</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;">rate bonds, municipal bonds, convertible securities, preferred stocks, inflation-indexed securities, asset-backed securities, mortgage-related securities (including CMOs), floating rate loans (limited to up to 20% of the fund's net assets) and other floating rate securities and foreign bonds. </span>Typically, the fund's portfolio can be expected to have an average effective maturity and an average effective duration of three years or less. A bond's maturity is the length of time until the principal must be fully </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">repaid with interest. Average effective portfolio maturity is an average of the maturities of bonds held by the fund directly and the bonds underlying derivative instruments entered into by the fund, if any, adjusted to reflect provisions or market conditions that may cause a bond's principal to be repaid earlier than at its stated maturity. Duration is an indication of an investment's "interest rate risk," or how sensitive a bond or the fund's portfolio may be to changes in interest rates.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;">For additional yield, the fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in fixed-income securities rated below investment grade ("high yield" or "junk" bonds) to as low as Caa/CCC or the unrated equivalent as determined by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. The fund will focus on U.S. securities, but may invest up to 30% of its total assets in fixed-income securities of foreign issuers (i.e., securities issued by companies organized under the laws of countries other than the U.S. or securities issued by foreign governments), including those of issuers in emerging markets. </span></p>
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<rr:RiskHeading contextRef="c8"> Principal Risks </rr:RiskHeading>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">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.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Fixed-income market risk. </span>The market value of a fixed-income security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment generally. The fixed-income securities market can be susceptible to increases in volatility and decreases in liquidity. Liquidity can decline unpredictably in response to overall economic conditions or credit tightening. Increases in volatility and decreases in liquidity may be caused by a rise in interest rates (or the expectation of a rise in interest rates). An unexpected increase in fund redemption requests, including requests from shareholders who may own a significant percentage of the fund's shares, which may be triggered by market turmoil or an increase in interest rates, could cause the fund to sell its holdings at a loss or at undesirable prices and adversely affect the fund's share price and increase the fund's liquidity risk, fund expenses and/or taxable distributions. Federal Reserve policy in response to market conditions, including with respect to interest rates, may adversely affect the value, volatility and liquidity of dividend and interest paying securities. Policy and legislative changes worldwide are affecting many aspects of financial regulation. The impact of these changes on the markets and the practical implications for market participants may not be fully known for some time. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Interest rate risk. </span>Prices of bonds and other fixed rate fixed-income securities tend to move inversely with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates will adversely affect fixed-income securities and, accordingly, will cause the value of the fund's investments in these securities to decline. During periods of very low interest rates, which occur from time to time due to market forces or actions of governments and/or their central banks, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the U.S., the fund may be subject to a greater risk of principal decline from rising interest rates. When interest rates fall, the fund's investments in new securities may be at lower yields and may reduce the fund's income. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. The magnitude of these fluctuations in the market price of fixed-income securities is generally greater for securities with longer effective maturities and durations because such instruments do not mature, reset interest rates or become callable for longer periods of time. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. The change in the value of a fixed-income security or portfolio can be approximated by multiplying its duration by a change in interest rates. For example, the market price of a fixed-income security with a duration of three years would be expected to decline 3% if interest rates rose 1%. Conversely, the market price of the same security would be expected to increase 3% if interest rates fell 1%. Unlike investment grade bonds, however, the prices of high yield bonds may fluctuate unpredictably and not necessarily inversely with changes in interest rates. Interest rate changes may have different effects on the values of mortgage-related securities because of prepayment and extension risks. In addition, the rates on floating rate instruments adjust periodically with changes in market interest rates. Although these instruments are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes than fixed rate instruments, the value of floating rate loans and other floating rate securities may decline if their interest rates do not rise as quickly, or as much, as general interest rates. Interest rates in the United States currently are at or near historic lows due to market forces and actions of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the U.S., primarily in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and resultant market disruptions. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from fund performance. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Credit risk</span>. Failure of an issuer of a security to make timely interest or principal payments when due, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of the security, can cause the security's price to fall. The lower a security's credit rating, the greater the chance that the issuer of the security will default or fail to meet its payment obligations.</p><p style="font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:09.35pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-09.35pt;"><span style=" font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style=" font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">High yield securities risk</span>. High yield ("junk") securities involve greater credit risk, including the risk of default, than investment grade securities, and are considered predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer's ability to make principal and interest payments. The prices of high yield securities can fall in response to bad news about the issuer or its industry, or the economy in general, to a greater extent than those of higher rated securities. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Liquidity risk.</span> When there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities in a timely manner at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and the fund's share price may fall dramatically. 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. Investments that are illiquid or that trade in lower volumes may be more difficult to value. The market for below investment grade securities may be less liquid and therefore these securities may be harder to value or sell at an acceptable price, especially during times of market volatility or decline. Investments in foreign securities, particularly those of issuers located in emerging markets, tend to have greater exposure to liquidity risk than domestic securities. No active trading market may exist for some of the floating rate loans in which the fund invests and certain loans may be subject to restrictions on resale. Because some floating rate loans that the fund invests in may have a more limited secondary market, liquidity risk is more pronounced for the fund than for mutual funds that invest primarily in other types of fixed-income instruments or equity securities. Liquidity risk also may refer to the risk that the fund will not be able to pay redemption proceeds within the allowable time period stated in this prospectus because of unusual market conditions, an unusually high volume of redemption requests, or other reasons. To meet redemption requests, the fund may be forced to sell securities at an unfavorable time and/or under unfavorable conditions, which may adversely affect the fund's share price.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Foreign investment risk.</span> To the extent the fund invests in foreign securities, the fund's performance will be influenced by political, social and economic factors affecting investments in foreign issuers. Special risks associated with investments in foreign issuers include exposure to currency fluctuations, less liquidity, less developed or less efficient trading markets, lack of comprehensive company information, political and economic instability and differing auditing and legal standards. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are subject to the risk that such currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar and affect the value of these investments held by the fund. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Emerging market risk.</span> The securities of issuers located or doing substantial business in emerging market countries tend to be more volatile and less liquid than the securities of issuers located in countries with more mature economies. Emerging markets generally have less diverse and less mature economic structures and less stable political systems than those of developed countries. Investments in these countries may be subject to political, economic, legal, market and currency risks. The risks may include less protection of property rights and uncertain political and economic policies, the imposition of capital controls and/or foreign investment limitations by a country, nationalization of businesses and the imposition of sanctions by other countries, such as the United States. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Non-diversification risk</span>. 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. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Inflation-indexed security risk.</span> Interest payments on inflation-indexed securities can be unpredictable and will vary as the principal and/or interest is periodically adjusted based on the rate of inflation. If the index measuring inflation falls, the interest payable on these securities will be reduced. The U.S. Treasury has guaranteed that in the event of a drop in prices, it would repay the par amount of its inflation-indexed securities. Inflation-indexed securities issued by corporations generally do not guarantee repayment of principal. Any increase in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed security will be considered taxable ordinary income, even though investors do not receive their principal until maturity. As a result, the fund may be required to make annual distributions to shareholders that exceed the cash the fund received, which may cause the fund to liquidate certain investments when it is not advantageous to do so. Also, if the principal value of an inflation-indexed security is adjusted downward due to deflation, amounts previously distributed may be characterized in some circumstances as a return of capital.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Government securities risk.</span> Not all obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury. Some obligations are backed only by the credit of the issuing agency or instrumentality, and in some cases there may be some risk of default by the issuer. Any guarantee by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities of a security held by the fund does not apply to the market value of such security or to shares of the fund itself.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Municipal securities risk</span>. The amount of public information available about municipal securities 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 securities. Other factors include the general conditions of the municipal securities market, the size of the particular offering, the </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left;">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, territory or possession of the United States in which the fund invests may have an impact on the fund's share price. In addition, the cost associated with combating the outbreak of COVID-19 and its negative impact on tax revenues has adversely affected the financial condition of many state and local governments. The effects of this outbreak could affect the ability of state and local governments to make payments on debt obligations when due and could adversely impact the value of their bonds, which could negatively impact the performance of the fund. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Portfolio turnover risk.</span> The fund may engage in short-term trading, which could produce higher transaction costs and taxable distributions, and lower the fund's after-tax performance. The fund's forward roll transactions will increase its portfolio turnover rate.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Issuer risk</span>. A security's market value may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, or to factors that affect the issuer's industry.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Market risk. </span>The value of the securities in which the fund invests may be affected by political, regulatory, economic and social developments, and developments that impact specific economic sectors, industries or segments of the market.  In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the fund.  Global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market.  These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies world-wide.  Recent examples include pandemic risks related to COVID-19 and aggressive measures taken world-wide in response by governments, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines of large populations, and by businesses, including changes to operations and reducing staff.  </p>
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<rr:RiskNotInsured contextRef="c8"> 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. </rr:RiskNotInsured>
<rr:RiskLoseMoney contextRef="c8"> The fund's share price fluctuates, sometimes dramatically, which means you could lose money. </rr:RiskLoseMoney>
<rr:RiskNondiversifiedStatus contextRef="c8"> 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. </rr:RiskNondiversifiedStatus>
<rr:BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading contextRef="c8"> Performance </rr:BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading>
<rr:PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock contextRef="c8">
<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund's Class D shares from year to year. 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 indication of how the fund will perform in the future. More recent performance information may be available at <span style="font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;">www.bnymellonim.com/us</span>.</p>
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<rr:PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns contextRef="c8"> The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. </rr:PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns>
<rr:PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture contextRef="c8"> The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future. </rr:PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture>
<rr:PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress contextRef="c8"> www.bnymellonim.com/us </rr:PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress>
<rr:BarChartHeading contextRef="c8"> Year-by-Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year (%) Class D </rr:BarChartHeading>
<rr:HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel contextRef="c8"> Best Quarter </rr:HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel>
<rr:BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate contextRef="c8"> 2010-09-30 </rr:BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate>
<rr:BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn contextRef="c8" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0192 </rr:BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn>
<rr:LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel contextRef="c8"> Worst Quarter </rr:LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel>
<rr:BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate contextRef="c8"> 2016-12-31 </rr:BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate>
<rr:BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn contextRef="c8" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> -0.0087 </rr:BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn>
<rr:YearToDateReturnLabel contextRef="c8"> year-to-date total return </rr:YearToDateReturnLabel>
<rr:BarChartYearToDateReturnDate contextRef="c8"> 2020-09-30 </rr:BarChartYearToDateReturnDate>
<rr:BarChartYearToDateReturn contextRef="c8" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0363 </rr:BarChartYearToDateReturn>
<rr:PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock contextRef="c8">
<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income 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 U.S. tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares may be higher than returns before taxes or returns after taxes on distributions due to an assumed tax benefit from losses on a sale of the fund's shares at the end of the period.</p>
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<rr:PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate contextRef="c8"> After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. </rr:PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate>
<rr:PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred contextRef="c8"> 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 U.S. tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. </rr:PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred>
<rr:PerformanceTableExplanationAfterTaxHigher contextRef="c8"> Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares may be higher than returns before taxes or returns after taxes on distributions due to an assumed tax benefit from losses on a sale of the fund's shares at the end of the period. </rr:PerformanceTableExplanationAfterTaxHigher>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnCaption contextRef="c8"> Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/19) </rr:AverageAnnualReturnCaption>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c9" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0462 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c9" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0130 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c9" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0179 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c10" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0372 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c10" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0047 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c10" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0092 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c11" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0273 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c11" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0062 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c11" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0101 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<rr:IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes contextRef="c8"> reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes </rr:IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c12" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0508 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c12" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0207 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c12" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0219 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<dei:TradingSymbol contextRef="c14"> DSHPX </dei:TradingSymbol>
<rr:RiskReturnHeading contextRef="c13"> Fund Summary </rr:RiskReturnHeading>
<rr:ObjectiveHeading contextRef="c13"> Investment Objective </rr:ObjectiveHeading>
<rr:ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock contextRef="c13">
<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">The fund seeks to maximize total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income.</p>
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<rr:ExpenseHeading contextRef="c13"> Fees and Expenses </rr:ExpenseHeading>
<rr:ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock contextRef="c13">
<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.</p>
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<rr:OperatingExpensesCaption contextRef="c13"> Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </rr:OperatingExpensesCaption>
<rr:ManagementFeesOverAssets contextRef="c14" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0050 </rr:ManagementFeesOverAssets>
<rr:DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets contextRef="c14" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0 </rr:DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets>
<rr:Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets contextRef="c14" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0025 </rr:Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets>
<rr:Component3OtherExpensesOverAssets contextRef="c14" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0085 </rr:Component3OtherExpensesOverAssets>
<rr:OtherExpensesOverAssets contextRef="c14" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0110 </rr:OtherExpensesOverAssets>
<rr:ExpensesOverAssets contextRef="c14" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0160 </rr:ExpensesOverAssets>
<rr:FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets contextRef="c14" decimals="INF" id="ix_1_fact" unitRef="pure"> -0.0090 </rr:FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets>
<rr:NetExpensesOverAssets contextRef="c14" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0070 </rr:NetExpensesOverAssets>
<rr:FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination contextRef="c13"> 2021-12-01 </rr:FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination>
<rr:ExpenseExampleHeading contextRef="c13"> Example </rr:ExpenseExampleHeading>
<rr:ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock contextRef="c13">
<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">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-years examples are based on net operating expenses, which reflect the expense limitation agreement by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</p>
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<rr:ExpenseExampleYear01 contextRef="c14" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 72 </rr:ExpenseExampleYear01>
<rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 contextRef="c14" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 72 </rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01>
<rr:ExpenseExampleYear03 contextRef="c14" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 417 </rr:ExpenseExampleYear03>
<rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 contextRef="c14" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 417 </rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03>
<rr:ExpenseExampleYear05 contextRef="c14" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 786 </rr:ExpenseExampleYear05>
<rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 contextRef="c14" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 786 </rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05>
<rr:ExpenseExampleYear10 contextRef="c14" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 1824 </rr:ExpenseExampleYear10>
<rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 contextRef="c14" decimals="0" unitRef="usd"> 1824 </rr:ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10>
<rr:PortfolioTurnoverHeading contextRef="c13"> Portfolio Turnover </rr:PortfolioTurnoverHeading>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">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 98.18% of the average value of its portfolio.</p>
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<rr:PortfolioTurnoverRate contextRef="c13" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.9818 </rr:PortfolioTurnoverRate>
<rr:StrategyHeading contextRef="c13"> Principal Investment Strategy </rr:StrategyHeading>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;">To pur</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;">sue its goal, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in fixed-income securities of U.S. and foreign issuers rated investment grade or the unrated equiv</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;">alent as determined by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. These securities include: U.S. government bonds and notes, corpo</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;">rate bonds, municipal bonds, convertible securities, preferred stocks, inflation-indexed securities, asset-backed securities, mortgage-related securities (including CMOs), floating rate loans (limited to up to 20% of the fund's net assets) and other floating rate securities and foreign bonds. </span>Typically, the fund's portfolio can be expected to have an average effective maturity and an average effective duration of three years or less.<span style="font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;"> </span>A bond's maturity is the length of time until the principal must be fully </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">repaid with interest. Average effective portfolio maturity is an average of the maturities of bonds held by the fund directly and the bonds underlying derivative instruments entered into by the fund, if any, adjusted to reflect provisions or market conditions that may cause a bond's principal to be repaid earlier than at its stated maturity. Duration is an indication of an investment's "interest rate risk," or how sensitive a bond or the fund's portfolio may be to changes in interest rates.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;">For additional yield, the fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in fixed-income securities rated below investment grade ("high yield" or "junk" bonds) to as low as Caa/CCC or the unrated equivalent as determined by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. The fund will focus on U.S. securities, but may invest up to 30% of its total assets in fixed-income securities of foreign issuers (i.e., securities issued by companies organized under the laws of countries other than the U.S. or securities issued by foreign governments), including those of issuers in emerging markets. </span></p>
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<rr:RiskHeading contextRef="c13"> Principal Risks </rr:RiskHeading>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">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.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Fixed-income market risk. </span>The market value of a fixed-income security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment generally. The fixed-income securities market can be susceptible to increases in volatility and decreases in liquidity. Liquidity can decline unpredictably in response to overall economic conditions or credit tightening. Increases in volatility and decreases in liquidity may be caused by a rise in interest rates (or the expectation of a rise in interest rates). An unexpected increase in fund redemption requests, including requests from shareholders who may own a significant percentage of the fund's shares, which may be triggered by market turmoil or an increase in interest rates, could cause the fund to sell its holdings at a loss or at undesirable prices and adversely affect the fund's share price and increase the fund's liquidity risk, fund expenses and/or taxable distributions. Federal Reserve policy in response to market conditions, including with respect to interest rates, may adversely affect the value, volatility and liquidity of dividend and interest paying securities. Policy and legislative changes worldwide are affecting many aspects of financial regulation. The impact of these changes on the markets and the practical implications for market participants may not be fully known for some time. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Interest rate risk. </span>Prices of bonds and other fixed rate fixed-income securities tend to move inversely with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates will adversely affect fixed-income securities and, accordingly, will cause the value of the fund's investments in these securities to decline. During periods of very low interest rates, which occur from time to time due to market forces or actions of governments and/or their central banks, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the U.S., the fund may be subject to a greater risk of principal decline from rising interest rates. When interest rates fall, the fund's investments in new securities may be at lower yields and may reduce the fund's income. Very low or negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk. The magnitude of these fluctuations in the market price of fixed-income securities is generally greater for securities with longer effective maturities and durations because such instruments do not mature, reset interest rates or become callable for longer periods of time. The change in the value of a fixed-income security or portfolio can be approximated by multiplying its duration by a change in interest rates. For example, the market price of a fixed-income security with a duration of three years would be expected to decline 3% if interest rates rose 1%. Conversely, the market price of the same security would be expected to increase 3% if interest rates fell 1%. Unlike investment grade bonds, however, the prices of high yield bonds may fluctuate unpredictably and not necessarily inversely with changes in interest rates. Interest rate changes may have different effects on the values of mortgage-related securities because of prepayment and extension risks. In addition, the rates on floating rate instruments adjust periodically with changes in market interest rates. Although these instruments are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes than fixed rate instruments, the value of floating rate loans and other floating rate securities may decline if their interest rates do not rise as quickly, or as much, as general interest rates. Interest rates in the United States currently are at or near historic lows due to market forces and actions of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the U.S., primarily in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and resultant market disruptions. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from fund performance. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Credit risk</span>. Failure of an issuer of a security to make timely interest or principal payments when due, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of the security, can cause the security's price to fall. The lower a security's credit rating, the greater the chance that the issuer of the security will default or fail to meet its payment obligations.</p><p style="font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:09.35pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-09.35pt;"><span style=" font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style=" font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">High yield securities risk</span>. High yield ("junk") securities involve greater credit risk, including the risk of default, than investment grade securities, and are considered predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer's ability to make principal and interest payments. The prices of high yield securities can fall in response to bad news about the issuer or its industry, or the economy in general, to a greater extent than those of higher rated securities. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Liquidity risk.</span> When there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities in a timely manner at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and the fund's share price may fall dramatically. 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. Investments that are illiquid or that trade in lower volumes may be more difficult to value. The market for below investment grade securities may be less liquid and therefore these securities may be harder to value or sell at an acceptable price, especially during times of market volatility or decline. Investments in foreign securities, particularly those of issuers located in emerging markets, tend to have greater exposure to liquidity risk than domestic securities. No active trading market may exist for some of the floating rate loans in which the fund invests and certain loans may be subject to restrictions on resale. Because some floating rate loans that the fund invests in may have a more limited secondary market, liquidity risk is more pronounced for the fund than for mutual funds that invest primarily in other types of fixed-income instruments or equity securities. Liquidity risk also may refer to the risk that the fund will not be able to pay redemption proceeds within the allowable time period stated in this prospectus because of unusual market conditions, an unusually high volume of redemption requests, or other reasons. To meet redemption requests, the fund may be forced to sell securities at an unfavorable time and/or under unfavorable conditions, which may adversely affect the fund's share price.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Foreign investment risk.</span> To the extent the fund invests in foreign securities, the fund's performance will be influenced by political, social and economic factors affecting investments in foreign issuers. Special risks associated with investments in foreign issuers include exposure to currency fluctuations, less liquidity, less developed or less efficient trading markets, lack of comprehensive company information, political and economic instability and differing auditing and legal standards. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are subject to the risk that such currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar and affect the value of these investments held by the fund. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Emerging market risk.</span> The securities of issuers located or doing substantial business in emerging market countries tend to be more volatile and less liquid than the securities of issuers located in countries with more mature economies. Emerging markets generally have less diverse and less mature economic structures and less stable political systems than those of developed countries. Investments in these countries may be subject to political, economic, legal, market and currency risks. The risks may include less protection of property rights and uncertain political and economic policies, the imposition of capital controls and/or foreign investment limitations by a country, nationalization of businesses and the imposition of sanctions by other countries, such as the United States. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Non-diversification risk</span>. 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. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Inflation-indexed security risk.</span> Interest payments on inflation-indexed securities can be unpredictable and will vary as the principal and/or interest is periodically adjusted based on the rate of inflation. If the index measuring inflation falls, the interest payable on these securities will be reduced. The U.S. Treasury has guaranteed that in the event of a drop in prices, it would repay the par amount of its inflation-indexed securities. Inflation-indexed securities issued by corporations generally do not guarantee repayment of principal. Any increase in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed security will be considered taxable ordinary income, even though investors do not receive their principal until maturity. As a result, the fund may be required to make annual distributions to shareholders that exceed the cash the fund received, which may cause the fund to liquidate certain investments when it is not advantageous to do so. Also, if the principal value of an inflation-indexed security is adjusted downward due to deflation, amounts previously distributed may be characterized in some circumstances as a return of capital.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Government securities risk.</span> Not all obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury. Some obligations are backed only by the credit of the issuing agency or instrumentality, and in some cases there may be some risk of default by the issuer. Any guarantee by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities of a security held by the fund does not apply to the market value of such security or to shares of the fund itself.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Municipal securities risk</span>. The amount of public information available about municipal securities 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 securities. Other factors include the general conditions of the municipal securities market, the size of the particular offering, the </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left;">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, territory or possession of the United States in which the fund invests may have an impact on the fund's share price. In addition, the cost associated with combating the outbreak of COVID-19 and its negative impact on tax revenues has adversely affected the financial condition of many state and local governments. The effects of this outbreak could affect the ability of state and local governments to make payments on debt obligations when due and could adversely impact the value of their bonds, which could negatively impact the performance of the fund. </p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Portfolio turnover risk.</span> The fund may engage in short-term trading, which could produce higher transaction costs and taxable distributions, and lower the fund's after-tax performance. The fund's forward roll transactions will increase its portfolio turnover rate.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Issuer risk</span>. A security's market value may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, or to factors that affect the issuer's industry.</p><p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-left:08.65pt; text-align:left; text-indent:-08.65pt;"><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;">●</span><span style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal;"><span style="word-spacing:10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Market risk. </span>The value of the securities in which the fund invests may be affected by political, regulatory, economic and social developments, and developments that impact specific economic sectors, industries or segments of the market.  In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the fund.  Global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market.  These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies world-wide.  Recent examples include pandemic risks related to COVID-19 and aggressive measures taken world-wide in response by governments, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines of large populations, and by businesses, including changes to operations and reducing staff.  </p>
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<rr:RiskNotInsured contextRef="c13"> 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. </rr:RiskNotInsured>
<rr:RiskLoseMoney contextRef="c13"> The fund's share price fluctuates, sometimes dramatically, which means you could lose money. </rr:RiskLoseMoney>
<rr:RiskNondiversifiedStatus contextRef="c13"> 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. </rr:RiskNondiversifiedStatus>
<rr:BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading contextRef="c13"> Performance </rr:BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund's Class P shares from year to year. 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 indication of how the fund will perform in the future. More recent performance information may be available at <span style="font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal;">www.bnymellonim.com/us</span>.</p>
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<rr:PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns contextRef="c13"> The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. </rr:PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns>
<rr:PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture contextRef="c13"> The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future. </rr:PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture>
<rr:PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress contextRef="c13"> www.bnymellonim.com/us </rr:PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress>
<rr:BarChartHeading contextRef="c13"> Year-by-Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year (%) Class P </rr:BarChartHeading>
<rr:HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel contextRef="c13"> Best Quarter </rr:HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel>
<rr:BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate contextRef="c13"> 2010-09-30 </rr:BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate>
<rr:BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn contextRef="c13" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0200 </rr:BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn>
<rr:LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel contextRef="c13"> Worst Quarter </rr:LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel>
<rr:BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate contextRef="c13"> 2016-12-31 </rr:BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate>
<rr:BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn contextRef="c13" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> -0.0089 </rr:BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn>
<rr:YearToDateReturnLabel contextRef="c13"> year-to-date total return </rr:YearToDateReturnLabel>
<rr:BarChartYearToDateReturnDate contextRef="c13"> 2020-09-30 </rr:BarChartYearToDateReturnDate>
<rr:BarChartYearToDateReturn contextRef="c13" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0360 </rr:BarChartYearToDateReturn>
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<p style="color:#000000; font-family:Serif; font-size:10.0pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income 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 U.S. tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares may be higher than returns before taxes or returns after taxes on distributions due to an assumed tax benefit from losses on a sale of the fund's shares at the end of the period.</p>
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<rr:PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate contextRef="c13"> After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. </rr:PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate>
<rr:PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred contextRef="c13"> 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 U.S. tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. </rr:PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred>
<rr:PerformanceTableExplanationAfterTaxHigher contextRef="c13"> Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares may be higher than returns before taxes or returns after taxes on distributions due to an assumed tax benefit from losses on a sale of the fund's shares at the end of the period. </rr:PerformanceTableExplanationAfterTaxHigher>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnCaption contextRef="c13"> Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/19) </rr:AverageAnnualReturnCaption>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c14" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0455 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c14" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0124 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c14" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0172 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c15" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0368 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c15" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0044 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c15" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0089 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c16" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0269 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c16" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0060 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c16" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0098 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
<rr:IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes contextRef="c13"> reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes </rr:IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01 contextRef="c17" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0508 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear01>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05 contextRef="c17" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0207 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear05>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10 contextRef="c17" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0219 </rr:AverageAnnualReturnYear10>
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<rr:AnnualReturn2010 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0588 </rr:AnnualReturn2010>
<rr:AnnualReturn2011 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.1320 </rr:AnnualReturn2011>
<rr:AnnualReturn2012 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0642 </rr:AnnualReturn2012>
<rr:AnnualReturn2013 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> -0.0872 </rr:AnnualReturn2013>
<rr:AnnualReturn2014 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0185 </rr:AnnualReturn2014>
<rr:AnnualReturn2015 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> -0.0098 </rr:AnnualReturn2015>
<rr:AnnualReturn2016 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0349 </rr:AnnualReturn2016>
<rr:AnnualReturn2017 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0164 </rr:AnnualReturn2017>
<rr:AnnualReturn2018 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> -0.0077 </rr:AnnualReturn2018>
<rr:AnnualReturn2019 contextRef="c3" decimals="INF" unitRef="pure"> 0.0625 </rr:AnnualReturn2019>
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