pre_text: 15. Net Income per Share The following is a calculation of basic and diluted net income per share (in millions, except per share amounts): Potential shares from outstanding employee equity awards totaling 1 million, 1 million and 6 million for fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, were excluded from the diluted net income per share calculations as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.
table: Year Ended
table: April 26, 2019 April 27, 2018 April 28, 2017
table: Numerator:
table: Net income $ 1,169 $ 116 $ 481
table: Denominator:
table: Shares used in basic computation 254 268 275
table: Dilutive impact of employee equity award plans 5 8 6
table: Shares used in diluted computation 259 276 281
table: Net Income per Share:
table: Basic $ 4.60 $ 0.43 $ 1.75
table: Diluted $ 4.51 $ 0.42 $ 1.71
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What was the change in the Dilutive impact of employee equity award plans between 2018 and 2019?