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Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration File No.: 33-50857
SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
DEAN WITTER SHORT-TERM BOND FUND
DATED JUNE 20, 1994
The footnote to the "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" table of the "Summary
of Fund Expenses" section appearing at page three of the Prospectus and the
last sentence of "The Fund and its Management" section appearing at page five
of the Prospectus are amended to read as follows:
The Investment Manager has undertaken to assume all operating expenses
(except for any brokerage fees) and to waive the compensation provided for
in its Investment Management Agreement until June 30, 1995.
December 20, 1994