Commercial Paper Program - Total amount of commercial paper that could be issued.

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The amount of the line of credit that is reserved to support our commercial paper program.

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Line of Credit Facility, Allowable Increase in Borrowing Capacity, Maximum

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
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-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.16)
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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Debt - Other Indebtedness (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended
Debt - Other Indebtedness (Details) - USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015	Nov. 30, 2011
LIBOR \| Effective Rate Calculation Option 1 \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon rate, floating rate notes	0.875%
LIBOR \| Effective Rate Calculation Option 1 \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon rate, floating rate notes	1.50%
LIBOR \| Effective Rate Calculation Option 2
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon rate, floating rate notes	1.00%
LIBOR \| Effective Rate Calculation Option 3 \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon rate, floating rate notes	0.00%
LIBOR \| Effective Rate Calculation Option 3 \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon rate, floating rate notes	0.50%
Federal Funds Effective Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Coupon rate, floating rate notes	0.50%
Commercial Paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commercial paper program	$ 1,500,000,000		$ 2,000,000,000.0
Revolving Credit Facility \| Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term	5 years
Outstanding debt		$ 0
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,000,000,000			$ 3,000,000,000.0
Allowable increase in borrowing capacity, maximum	$ 1,000,000,000
Outstanding letters of credit		0
Remaining borrowing capacity		500,000,000
Commercial Paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term	397 days
Borrowing capacity reserved, commercial paper	$ 1,500,000,000
Outstanding debt		$ 0