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Computation of Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2016
Computation Of Earnings Per Share (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule of basic and diluted earnings per common share |
|  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Basic earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings allocable to common shares(1) |  | $ | 700 |  | $ | 690 |  | $ | 1,414 |  | $ | 1,382
Weighted-average common shares |  |  | 266 |  |  | 279 |  |  | 266 |  |  | 281
Basic earnings per common share |  | $ | 2.63 |  | $ | 2.47 |  | $ | 5.32 |  | $ | 4.92
Diluted earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings allocable to common shares(1) |  | $ | 700 |  | $ | 690 |  | $ | 1,414 |  | $ | 1,382
Weighted-average common shares |  |  | 266 |  |  | 279 |  |  | 266 |  |  | 281
Dilutive effect of share-based awards |  |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 3
Weighted-average diluted shares |  |  | 270 |  |  | 283 |  |  | 270 |  |  | 284
Diluted earnings per common share |  | $ | 2.59 |  | $ | 2.44 |  | $ | 5.24 |  | $ | 4.86
Anti-dilutive options excluded from diluted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
earnings per common share |  |  | 5.1 |  |  | 3.7 |  |  | 5.1 |  |  | 3.6
(1) Net earnings available to participating securities were immaterial in all periods presented.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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