John Hancock Funds


                        Supplement dated November 7, 2007
                    to the Class A, B and C Shares Prospectus

Effective  November 5, 2007,  the address for John Hancock  Signature  Services,
Inc., the Funds' transfer agent, has changed. The new address is:

         John Hancock Signature Services, Inc.
         P. O. Box 9510
         Portsmouth, NH  03802-9510



                               John Hancock Funds


                        Supplement dated November 7, 2007
                        to the Class I Shares Prospectus

Effective  November 5, 2007,  the address for John Hancock  Signature  Services,
Inc., the Funds' transfer agent, has changed. The new address is:

         John Hancock Signature Services, Inc.
         P. O. Box 9510
         Portsmouth, NH  03802-9510


                               John Hancock Funds


                        Supplement dated November 7, 2007
                        to the Class R1 Shares Prospectus


Effective  November 5, 2007,  the address for John Hancock  Signature  Services,
Inc., the Funds' transfer agent, has changed. The new address is:

         John Hancock Signature Services, Inc.
         P. O. Box 9510
         Portsmouth, NH  03802-9510



Under the "Your Account" section under the subsection "Who Can Buy Class R1
Shares," the third bullet point of the subsection is amended and restated as
follows:

         Class R1 shares are available only to retirement plans, traditional and
         Roth IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, SEPs, SAR-SEPs, SIMPLE
         IRAs where the shares are held on the books of the funds through
         investment only omnibus accounts (either at the plan level or at the
         level of the financial service firm) that trade through the National
         Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC).



                             John Hancock Bond Fund

                        Supplement dated November 7, 2007
                   to the Statement of Additional Information


Effective  November 5, 2007,  the address for John Hancock  Signature  Services,
Inc., the Funds' transfer agent, has changed. The new address is:

         John Hancock Signature Services, Inc.
         P. O. Box 9510
         Portsmouth, NH  03802-9510


The disclosure in the section "Eligible  Investors for Class R1 Shares" has been
amended and restated as follows:

         Class R1 shares are available  only to retirement  plans,  traditional
         and Roth IRAs,  Coverdell Education Savings Accounts,  SEPs, SAR-SEPs,
         SIMPLE  IRAs  where  the  shares  are  held on the  books  of the fund
         through investment  only omnibus accounts (either at the plan level or
         at the level of the  financial  service  firm) that trade  through the
         National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC).