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Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName PUTNAM GLOBAL EQUITY FUND
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Feb. 29, 2012
Supplement [Text Block] pgef_SupplementTextBlock


Putnam Global Equity Fund Prospectus dated February 29, 2012

The fund will offer class R5 and class R6 shares to qualified employee-benefit plans beginning on July 2, 2012. The prospectus is supplemented as follows to add information about class R5 and class R6 shares.

The front cover page is supplemented to add class R5 and class R6 shares to the list of shares to which the prospectus relates, and to indicate that fund symbols for class R5 and class R6 shares are pending.

The following information is added to Fund summary — Fees and expenses:

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on a percentage of original purchase price or
Share class purchases (as a percentage of offering price) redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)
Class R5 NONE NONE
Class R6 NONE NONE

Annual fund operating expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Distribution and Total annual fund
Share class Management fees**** service (12b-1) fees Other expenses operating expenses
Class R5 0.73% N/A 0.23%***** 0.96%
Class R6 0.73% N/A 0.13%***** 0.86%


**** Management fees are subject to a performance adjustment.

***** Other expenses are based on expenses of class A shares for the fund’s last fiscal year, adjusted to reflect the lower investor servicing fees applicable to class R5 and class R6 shares.

Example

Share class 1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years
Class R5 $98 $306 $531 $1,178
Class R6 $88 $274 $477 $1,061
Putnam Global Equity Fund
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Supplement [Text Block] pgef_SupplementTextBlock


Putnam Global Equity Fund Prospectus dated February 29, 2012

The fund will offer class R5 and class R6 shares to qualified employee-benefit plans beginning on July 2, 2012. The prospectus is supplemented as follows to add information about class R5 and class R6 shares.

The front cover page is supplemented to add class R5 and class R6 shares to the list of shares to which the prospectus relates, and to indicate that fund symbols for class R5 and class R6 shares are pending.

The following information is added to Fund summary — Fees and expenses:

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on a percentage of original purchase price or
Share class purchases (as a percentage of offering price) redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)
Class R5 NONE NONE
Class R6 NONE NONE

Annual fund operating expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Distribution and Total annual fund
Share class Management fees**** service (12b-1) fees Other expenses operating expenses
Class R5 0.73% N/A 0.23%***** 0.96%
Class R6 0.73% N/A 0.13%***** 0.86%


**** Management fees are subject to a performance adjustment.

***** Other expenses are based on expenses of class A shares for the fund’s last fiscal year, adjusted to reflect the lower investor servicing fees applicable to class R5 and class R6 shares.

Example

Share class 1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years
Class R5 $98 $306 $531 $1,178
Class R6 $88 $274 $477 $1,061
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual fund operating expenses
(expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Expenses Restated to Reflect Current [Text] rr_ExpensesRestatedToReflectCurrent Other expenses are based on expenses of class A shares for the fund’s last fiscal year, adjusted to reflect the lower investor servicing fees applicable to class R5 and class R6 shares.
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Example
Putnam Global Equity Fund | Class R5
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Management fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.73% [1]
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets   
Other expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.23% [2]
Total annual fund operating expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.96%
1 year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 98
3 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 306
5 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 531
10 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,178
Putnam Global Equity Fund | Class R6
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Management fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.73% [1]
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets   
Other expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.13% [2]
Total annual fund operating expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.86%
1 year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 88
3 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 274
5 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 477
10 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,061
[1] Management fees are subject to a performance adjustment.
[2] Other expenses are based on expenses of class A shares for the fund's last fiscal year, adjusted to reflect the lower investor servicing fees applicable to class R5 and class R6 shares.