Share-Based Compensation - Market Stock Units - Additional Information (Detail) - Market stock units outstanding [Member] $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Potential payout adjustment ratio	200.00%
Unrecognized share-based compensation cost	$ 11.6
Unrecognized share-based compensation, period for recognition	1 year 2 months 12 days
Shares withheld to meet statutory minimum tax withholding requirements \| shares	54,534
Shares valued withheld to meet statutory minimum tax withholding requirements	$ 4.8
Minimum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Potential payout range	0.00%
Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Potential payout range	200.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, First Tranche [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period of the underlying awards	1 year
Vesting percentage of the underlying awards	0.333%
Share-based Compensation Award, First Tranche [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Potential payout range	100.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Second Tranche [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period of the underlying awards	2 years
Vesting percentage of the underlying awards	0.333%
Share-based Compensation Award, Second Tranche [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Potential payout range	100.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Third Tranche [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period of the underlying awards	3 years
Vesting percentage of the underlying awards	0.333%

Percentage of potential payout.

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Potential payout adjustment ratio.

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The amount of adjustment to stockholders' equity associated with an employee's income tax withholding obligation as part of a net-share settlement of a share-based award.

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- Definition

Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based awards, other than options, awarded to employees as compensation.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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For net-share settlement of share-based awards when the employer settles employees' income tax withholding obligations, this element represents the number of shares the employees use to repay the employer.

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