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MFS GOVERNMENT LIMITED MATURITY FUND
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
The description of the portfolio manager under the "Management of the Fund
Investment Adviser" section on page 9 is hereby revised to reflect that D.
Richard Smith is now the portfolio manager of the Fund. Mr. Smith, a Vice
President of Massachusetts Financial Services Company (the "Adviser"), has been
employed by the Adviser as a portfolio manager since 1993. Prior to 1993, Mr.
Smith was a portfolio manager at Salomon Brothers Inc.
The date of this Supplement is February 18, 1997.
