AMERICAN CAPITAL U S GOVERNMENT TRUST FOR INCOME
497, 1995-05-03
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                        SUPPLEMENT, DATED MAY 1, 1995 TO
                                PROSPECTUSES OF:
 
               AMERICAN CAPITAL U.S. GOVERNMENT TRUST FOR INCOME
                                      AND
                  AMERICAN CAPITAL UTILITIES INCOME FUND, INC.
 
     1. Effective today, the Distributor has increased the ongoing payments to
broker-dealers and other Service Organizations with respect to Class C shares.
The Distributor will now pay broker-dealers and other Service Organizations
ongoing commissions and transaction fees of up to 0.75% of the average daily net
assets of the Fund's Class C shares for the second through tenth year after
purchase for Class C shares sold on or after May 1, 1995. Broker-dealers and
other Service Organizations will still be paid ongoing commissions and
transaction fees for the second through tenth year after purchase of up to 0.65%
for Class C shares sold before May 1, 1995.
 
     2. The first two paragraphs of "Shareholder Services -- Shareholder
Services Applicable to all Classes -- Exchange Privilege" are amended to read in
their entirety as follows:
 
          EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE. Shares of the Fund or of any Participating Fund
     (listed herein under "Purchase of Shares -- Class A Shares -- Volume
     Discounts") other than Government Target, may be exchanged for shares of
     the same class of any other fund without sales charge, provided that shares
     of Corporate Bond, Federal Mortgage, Global Managed, Government Trust, High
     Yield, Municipal Bond, Real Estate, Tax-Exempt, Texas Municipal, Utilities,
     and the American Capital Global Government Securities Fund of World
     Portfolio are subject to a 30-day holding period requirement. Shares of
     Government Target may be exchanged for Class A shares of the Fund without
     sales charge. Class A shares of Reserve that were not acquired in exchange
     for Class B or Class C shares of a Participating Fund may be exchanged for
     Class A shares of the Fund upon payment of the excess, if any, of the sales
     charge rate applicable to the shares being acquired over the sales charge
     rate previously paid. Shares of Reserve acquired through an exchange of
     Class B or Class C shares may be exchanged only for the same class of
     shares of a Participating Fund without incurring a contingent deferred
     sales charge. Shares of any Participating Fund or Reserve may be exchanged
     for shares of any other Participating Fund if shares of that Participating
     Fund are available for sale; however, during periods of suspension of
     sales, shares of a Participating Fund may be available for sale only to
     existing shareholders of the Participating Fund. Additional Funds may be
     added from time to time as a Participating Fund.
 
          Class B and Class C shareholders of the Fund have the ability to
     exchange their shares ("original shares") for the same class of shares of
     any other American Capital fund that offers such class of shares ("new
     shares") in an amount equal to the aggregate net asset value of the
     original shares, without the payment of any contingent deferred sales
     charge otherwise due upon redemption of the original shares. For purposes
     of computing the contingent deferred sales charge payable upon a
     disposition of the new shares, the holding period for the original shares
     is added to the holding period of the new shares. Class B and Class C
     shareholders
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     would remain subject to the contingent deferred sales charge imposed by the
     original fund upon their redemption from the American Capital complex of
     funds. The contingent deferred sales charge is based on the holding period
     requirements of the original fund.
 
     3. Effective today, the dividend procedures for the Fund have been changed
so that all shares earn daily dividends through the day such shares are
processed for payment on redemption rather than through the day before such
shares are processed for payment.
 
     4. The following should be added under the section entitled "Purchase of
Shares -- General":
 
          Compensation may include payment for travel expenses, including
     lodging, incurred in connection with trips taken by registered
     representatives and members of their families to locations within or
     outside of the United States for meetings or seminars of a business nature.


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