SUPPLEMENT TO THE CURRENTLY
EFFECTIVE PROSPECTUSES OF EACH OF THE LISTED FUNDS
DWS California Tax-Free Income Fund
DWS Capital Growth Fund
DWS Communications Fund
DWS Core Equity Fund
DWS CROCI® Equity Dividend Fund
DWS CROCI® International Fund
DWS CROCI® U.S. Fund
DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund
DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income
Fund
DWS Enhanced Commodity Strategy
Fund
DWS ESG Core Equity Fund
DWS ESG Global Bond Fund
DWS ESG International Core Equity
Fund
DWS Floating Rate Fund
DWS Global High Income Fund
DWS Global Income Builder Fund
DWS Global Macro Fund
DWS Global Small Cap Fund
DWS GNMA Fund
DWS Health and Wellness Fund
DWS High Income Fund
DWS Intermediate Tax-Free Fund
DWS International Growth Fund
DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund
DWS Latin America Equity Fund
DWS Managed Municipal Bond Fund
DWS Massachusetts Tax-Free Fund
DWS Money Market Prime Series
DWS Multi-Asset Conservative Allocation Fund
DWS Multi-Asset Growth Allocation
Fund
DWS Multi-Asset Moderate Allocation
Fund
DWS New York Tax-Free Income Fund
DWS RREEF Global Infrastructure
Fund
DWS RREEF Global Real Estate Securities Fund
DWS RREEF MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund
DWS RREEF Real Assets Fund
DWS RREEF Real Estate Securities
Fund
DWS S&P 500 Index Fund
DWS Science and Technology Fund
DWS Short Duration Fund
DWS Short-Term Municipal Bond
Fund
DWS Small Cap Core Fund
DWS Small Cap Growth Fund
DWS Strategic High Yield Tax-Free
Fund
DWS Total Return Bond Fund
The following
disclosure is added under the “SALES CHARGE WAIVERS AND DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE THROUGH INTERMEDIARIES” sub-section under the “APPENDIX B” section of each fund’s prospectus.
JANNEY MONTGOMERY
SCOTT LLC CLASS A AND C SALES CHARGE WAIVERS AND DISCOUNTS
Effective May 1,
2020, if you purchase fund shares through a Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (“Janney”) brokerage account, you will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent
deferred sales charge (“CDSC”), or back-end sales charge, waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the fund’s prospectus or SAI.
Front-end sales
charge* waivers on Class A shares available at Janney
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| Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family).
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| Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Janney or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Janney.
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| Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within ninety (90) days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same
account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e., right of reinstatement).
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| Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision,
employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
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| Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.
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| Class C shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted by Janney at net asset value to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Janney’s policies and procedures.
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CDSC waivers on Class
A and C shares available at Janney
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| Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder.
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| Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the fund’s prospectus.
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| Shares purchased in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA account.
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| Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and other retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70½ as described in the fund’s prospectus.
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| Shares sold to pay Janney fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Janney.
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| Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.
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| Shares exchanged into the same share class of a different fund.
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Front-end sales
charge* discounts available at Janney: breakpoints, rights of accumulation, and/or letters of intent
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| Breakpoints as described in the fund’s prospectus.
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February 7, 2020
PROSTKR20-01