April 18, 1995
THE DREYFUS/LAUREL FUNDS, INC. -
DREYFUS/LAUREL SHORT-TERM
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
Supplement to Prospectus Dated
April 10, 1995
The following information
supersedes and replaces the third
sentence in the eighth paragraph in
the section in the Fund's Prospectus
entitled "How to Buy Fund Shares - General":
The instructions must
specify your Fund account
registration and Fund account
number preceded by the digits:
"4840" Dreyfus/Laurel Short-Term
Government Securities Fund/Investor shares;
"4830" Dreyfus/Laurel Short-Term
Government Securities Fund/Class R shares.
