MFS TOTAL RETURN FUND
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
The third sentence under the caption Management of the Fund - Investment Adviser
beginning on page 13 of the Prospectus is hereby deleted and replaced in its
entirety by the following sentences:
David M. Calabro, a Vice President of the Adviser, Geoffrey L. Kurinsky, a
Senior Vice President of the Adviser, Judith N. Lamb, a Vice President of the
Adviser, Lisa B. Nurme, a Vice President of the Adviser, and Maura A.
Shaughnessy, a Vice President of the Adviser, are the Fund's portfolio managers.
Mr. Calabro is the head of this portfolio management team and a manager of the
common stock portion of the Fund's portfolio. Mr. Calabro has been employed by
the Adviser since 1992 and served as an analyst and sector portfolio manager
with Fidelity Investments prior to that time. Mr. Kurinsky, the manager of the
Fund's fixed income securities, has been employed by the Adviser since 1987. Ms.
Lamb, the manager of the Fund's convertible securities, has been employed by the
Adviser since 1992 and served as an analyst with Fidelity Investments prior to
that time. Ms. Nurme, a manager of the common stock portion of the Fund's
portfolio, has been employed by the Adviser since 1987. Ms. Shaughnessy, also a
manager of the common stock portion of the Fund's portfolio, has been employed
by the Adviser since 1991 and served as an analyst with Harvard Management
Company prior to that time.
The date of this Supplement is July 19, 1995.
