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Fees and Expenses
Dec. 30, 2025
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American Funds Retirement Income Portfolio – Conservative | American Funds Retirement Income Portfolio – Conservative  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] Fees and expenses of the fund
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. For example, in addition to the fees and expenses described below, you may also be required to pay brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of Class F-2 or F-3 shares of the fund. You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds, Capital Group KKR Public-Private+ Funds, and/or Emerging Markets Equities Fund, Inc. (collectively “Capital Group Funds”). More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, in the “Sales charge reductions and waivers” sections on page 44 of the prospectus and on page 88 of the fund’s statement of additional information, and in the sales charge waiver appendix to the prospectus.
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds, Capital Group KKR Public-Private+ Funds, and/or Emerging Markets Equities Fund, Inc. (collectively “Capital Group Funds”).
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] $ 25,000
Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees [Table]
           
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Share class: A C T All F share
classes		 All R share
classes
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 5.75% none 2.50% none none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the amount redeemed) 1.001 1.00% none none none
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends none none none none none
Redemption or exchange fees none none none none none
Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the net asset value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
               
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the net asset value of your investment)
Share class: A C T F-1 F-2 F-3 R-1
Management fees none none none none none none none
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.26% 1.00% 0.25% 0.25% none none 1.00%
Other expenses 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.11 0.12% 0.02% 0.04
Acquired (underlying) fund fees and expenses 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28
Total annual fund operating expenses 0.59 1.33 0.58 0.64 0.40 0.30 1.32
               
Share class: R-2 R-2E R-3 R-4 R-5E R-5 R-6
Management fees none none none none none none none
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.75% 0.60% 0.50% 0.24% none none none
Other expenses 0.24 0.22 0.18 0.11 0.11% 0.08% 0.02%
Acquired (underlying) fund fees and expenses 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28
Total annual fund operating expenses 1.27 1.10 0.96 0.63 0.39 0.36 0.30
Fee waiver none none 0.012 none none none none
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver 1.27 1.10 0.95 0.63 0.39 0.36 0.30

1 A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% applies on certain redemptions made within 18 months following purchases of $1 million or more made without an initial sales charge. Contingent deferred sales charge is calculated based on the lesser of the offering price and market value of shares being sold.

2 The fund’s transfer agent is currently waiving a portion of its fee, which reduces other expenses. This waiver will be in effect through at least January 1, 2027. The transfer agent may elect at its discretion to extend, modify or terminate the waiver at that time.
Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% applies on certain redemptions made within 18 months following purchases of $1 million or more made without an initial sales charge. Contingent deferred sales charge is calculated based on the lesser of the offering price and market value of shares being sold.
Expense Example [Heading] Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The example reflects the fee waiver described above through the expiration date of such waiver and total annual fund operating expenses thereafter. You may be required to pay brokerage commissions on your purchases and sales of Class F-2 or F-3 shares of the fund, which are not reflected in the example.

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
                   
Share class: A C T F-1 F-2 F-3 R-1 R-2 R-2E
1 year $632 $235 $308 $65 $41 $31 $134 $129 $112
3 years 753 421 431 205 128 97 418 403 350
5 years 885 729 566 357 224 169 723 697 606
10 years 1,270 1,398 958 798 505 381 1,590 1,534 1,340
                 
Share class: R-3 R-4 R-5E R-5 R-6 For the share classes listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Share class: C
1 year $97 $64 $40 $37 $31 1 year $135
3 years 305 202 125 116 97 3 years 421
5 years 530 351 219 202 169 5 years 729
10 years 1,177 786 493 456 381 10 years 1,398
Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text] For the share classes listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares:
Expense Example, No Redemption [Table]
                 
Share class: R-3 R-4 R-5E R-5 R-6 For the share classes listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Share class: C
1 year $97 $64 $40 $37 $31 1 year $135
3 years 305 202 125 116 97 3 years 421
5 years 530 351 219 202 169 5 years 729
10 years 1,177 786 493 456 381 10 years 1,398
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] Portfolio turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s investment results. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 6% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 6.00%
American Funds Retirement Income Portfolio – Moderate | American Funds Retirement Income Portfolio – Moderate  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] Fees and expenses of the fund
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. For example, in addition to the fees and expenses described below, you may also be required to pay brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of Class F-2 or F-3 shares of the fund. You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds, Capital Group KKR Public-Private+ Funds, and/or Emerging Markets Equities Fund, Inc. (collectively “Capital Group Funds”). More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, in the “Sales charge reductions and waivers” sections on page 44 of the prospectus and on page 88 of the fund’s statement of additional information, and in the sales charge waiver appendix to the prospectus.
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds, Capital Group KKR Public-Private+ Funds, and/or Emerging Markets Equities Fund, Inc. (collectively “Capital Group Funds”).
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] $ 25,000
Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees [Table]
           
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Share class: A C T All F share
classes		 All R share
classes
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 5.75% none 2.50% none none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the amount redeemed) 1.001 1.00% none none none
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends none none none none none
Redemption or exchange fees none none none none none
Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the net asset value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
               
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the net asset value of your investment)
Share class: A C T F-1 F-2 F-3 R-1
Management fees none none none none none none none
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.26% 1.00% 0.25% 0.25% none none 1.00%
Other expenses 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.11 0.10% 0.02% 0.03
Acquired (underlying) fund fees and expenses 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29
Total annual fund operating expenses 0.59 1.33 0.57 0.65 0.39 0.31 1.32
               
Share class: R-2 R-2E R-3 R-4 R-5E R-5 R-6
Management fees none none none none none none none
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.75% 0.60% 0.50% 0.25% none none none
Other expenses 0.20 0.19 0.13 0.07 0.21% 0.07% 0.02%
Acquired (underlying) fund fees and expenses 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29
Total annual fund operating expenses 1.24 1.08 0.92 0.61 0.50 0.36 0.31
Fee waiver none none none none 0.032 none none
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver 1.24 1.08 0.92 0.61 0.47 0.36 0.31

1 A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% applies on certain redemptions made within 18 months following purchases of $1 million or more made without an initial sales charge. Contingent deferred sales charge is calculated based on the lesser of the offering price and market value of shares being sold.

2 The fund’s transfer agent is currently waiving a portion of its fee, which reduces other expenses. This waiver will be in effect through at least January 1, 2027. The transfer agent may elect at its discretion to extend, modify or terminate the waiver at that time.
Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% applies on certain redemptions made within 18 months following purchases of $1 million or more made without an initial sales charge. Contingent deferred sales charge is calculated based on the lesser of the offering price and market value of shares being sold.
Expense Example [Heading] Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The example reflects the fee waiver described above through the expiration date of such waiver and total annual fund operating expenses thereafter. You may be required to pay brokerage commissions on your purchases and sales of Class F-2 or F-3 shares of the fund, which are not reflected in the example.

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
                   
Share class: A C T F-1 F-2 F-3 R-1 R-2 R-2E
1 year $632 $235 $307 $66 $40 $32 $134 $126 $110
3 years 753 421 428 208 125 100 418 393 343
5 years 885 729 560 362 219 174 723 681 595
10 years 1,270 1,398 946 810 493 393 1,590 1,500 1,317
                 
Share class: R-3 R-4 R-5E R-5 R-6 For the share classes listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Share class: C
1 year $94 $62 $48 $37 $32 1 year $135
3 years 293 195 157 116 100 3 years 421
5 years 509 340 277 202 174 5 years 729
10 years 1,131 762 625 456 393 10 years 1,398
Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text] For the share classes listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares:
Expense Example, No Redemption [Table]
                 
Share class: R-3 R-4 R-5E R-5 R-6 For the share classes listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Share class: C
1 year $94 $62 $48 $37 $32 1 year $135
3 years 293 195 157 116 100 3 years 421
5 years 509 340 277 202 174 5 years 729
10 years 1,131 762 625 456 393 10 years 1,398
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] Portfolio turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s investment results. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 6% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 6.00%
American Funds Retirement Income Portfolio – Enhanced | American Funds Retirement Income Portfolio – Enhanced  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] Fees and expenses of the fund
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. For example, in addition to the fees and expenses described below, you may also be required to pay brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of Class F-2 or F-3 shares of the fund. You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds, Capital Group KKR Public-Private+ Funds, and/or Emerging Markets Equities Fund, Inc. (collectively “Capital Group Funds”). More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, in the “Sales charge reductions and waivers” sections on page 44 of the prospectus and on page 88 of the fund’s statement of additional information, and in the sales charge waiver appendix to the prospectus.
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds, Capital Group KKR Public-Private+ Funds, and/or Emerging Markets Equities Fund, Inc. (collectively “Capital Group Funds”).
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] $ 25,000
Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees [Table]
           
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Share class: A C T All F share
classes		 All R share
classes
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 5.75% none 2.50% none none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the amount redeemed) 1.001 1.00% none none none
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends none none none none none
Redemption or exchange fees none none none none none
Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the net asset value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
               
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the net asset value of your investment)
Share class: A C T F-1 F-2 F-3 R-1
Management fees none none none none none none none
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.27% 1.00% 0.25% 0.25% none none 1.00%
Other expenses 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.12 0.11% 0.02% 0.04
Acquired (underlying) fund fees and expenses 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
Total annual fund operating expenses 0.61 1.34 0.58 0.67 0.41 0.32 1.34
               
Share class: R-2 R-2E R-3 R-4 R-5E R-5 R-6
Management fees none none none none none none none
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.75% 0.60% 0.50% 0.25% none none none
Other expenses 0.09 0.21 0.11 0.02 0.15% 0.08%3 0.02%
Acquired (underlying) fund fees and expenses 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
Total annual fund operating expenses 1.14 1.11 0.91 0.57 0.45 0.38 0.32
Fee waiver none none 0.012 none none none none
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver 1.14 1.11 0.90 0.57 0.45 0.38 0.32

1 A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% applies on certain redemptions made within 18 months following purchases of $1 million or more made without an initial sales charge. Contingent deferred sales charge is calculated based on the lesser of the offering price and market value of shares being sold.

2 The fund’s transfer agent is currently waiving a portion of its fee, which reduces other expenses. This waiver will be in effect through at least January 1, 2027. The transfer agent may elect at its discretion to extend, modify or terminate the waiver at that time.

3 Restated to reflect current fees.
Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% applies on certain redemptions made within 18 months following purchases of $1 million or more made without an initial sales charge. Contingent deferred sales charge is calculated based on the lesser of the offering price and market value of shares being sold.
Expense Example [Heading] Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The example reflects the fee waiver described above through the expiration date of such waiver and total annual fund operating expenses thereafter. You may be required to pay brokerage commissions on your purchases and sales of Class F-2 or F-3 shares of the fund, which are not reflected in the example.

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
                   
Share class: A C T F-1 F-2 F-3 R-1 R-2 R-2E
1 year $634 $236 $308 $68 $42 $33 $136 $116 $113
3 years 759 425 431 214 132 103 425 362 353
5 years 896 734 566 373 230 180 734 628 612
10 years 1,293 1,412 958 835 518 406 1,613 1,386 1,352
                 
Share class: R-3 R-4 R-5E R-5 R-6 For the share classes listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Share class: C
1 year $92 $58 $46 $39 $33 1 year $136
3 years 289 183 144 122 103 3 years 425
5 years 503 318 252 213 180 5 years 734
10 years 1,119 714 567 480 406 10 years 1,412
Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text] For the share classes listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares:
Expense Example, No Redemption [Table]
                 
Share class: R-3 R-4 R-5E R-5 R-6 For the share classes listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Share class: C
1 year $92 $58 $46 $39 $33 1 year $136
3 years 289 183 144 122 103 3 years 425
5 years 503 318 252 213 180 5 years 734
10 years 1,119 714 567 480 406 10 years 1,412
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] Portfolio turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s investment results. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 4% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 4.00%