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MFS(R) MUNICIPAL LIMITED MATURITY FUND
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
The description of portfolio managers under the "Management of the Trust -
Investment Adviser" section is hereby restated as follows:
Christopher J. Mier and Geoffrey L. Schechter are the portfolio managers of the
Fund. Mr. Mier, a Senior Vice President of the Adviser, has been a portfolio
manager of the Fund since May 1, 1999 and has been employed as a portfolio
manager with the Adviser since April 1999. Prior to April 1999, Mr. Mier was a
managing director and portfolio manager in the municipal bond department at
Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc. Mr. Schechter, a Vice President of the Adviser,
became a portfolio manager of the Fund on January 14, 2000. Mr. Schechter has
been employed as a portfolio manager with the Adviser since June 1993.
The date of this Supplement is January 14, 2000.
