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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 has been revised to reflect that Kevin M.
Cronin is now the portfolio manager of the Fund. Mr. Cronin, 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. Cronin was an
investment officer at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
The date of this Supplement is January 1, 1997.
