Earnings Per Share - Antidilutive Securities Excluded from EPS Computation (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
May 31, 2021	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2021	May 31, 2020
Stock options
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Awards excluded from diluted earnings per share (in shares)	100,000	900,000	1,000,000.0	500,000
Restricted stock awards
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Awards excluded from diluted earnings per share (in shares)	0	200,000	0	200,000

Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257

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