General - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, € in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		53 Months Ended
	Aug. 12, 2022 $ / shares	Aug. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Aug. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 31, 2023 USD ($)	May 31, 2021 Employee	May 31, 2025 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2022 EUR (€)	May 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 16, 2021 USD ($)
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Gross contract assets related to in-transit shipments		$ 774						$ 861
Contract assets net of deferred unearned revenue		556						623
Contract liabilities related to advance payments from customers		14						$ 8
Stock-based compensation		68	$ 69
Number of employees will affect in workforce reduction plan | Employee					5,000
Business realignment costs		14	67
Business realignment costs, net of tax		$ 11	$ 52
Business realignment costs per diluted share | $ / shares		$ 0.04	$ 0.19
Business employee severance costs paid		$ 46
Business optimization costs		24
Business optimization costs, net of tax		$ 19
Business optimization costs per diluted share | $ / shares		$ 0.07
Denominated debt as a net investment hedge | €							€ 93
Stock repurchase program number of shares authorized to be repurchased, amount									$ 5,000
Stock repurchase program number of shares authorized to be repurchased, remaining available amount		$ 4,100
Number of shares repurchased | shares		0.0	1,900,000
Dividends payable, date declared	Aug. 12, 2022
Dividends payable amount per share | $ / shares	$ 1.15
Dividends payable, date to be paid	Oct. 03, 2022
Dividends payable, date of record	Sep. 02, 2022
Forecast [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Business realignment costs				$ 420
Business optimization costs						$ 2,000