update software prereqs

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diff --git a/docs/UsersGuide/source/BackgroundInfo/Introduction.rst b/docs/UsersGuide/source/BackgroundInfo/Introduction.rst
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Background Information
 Building, Running, and Testing the SRW App
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-   * :numref:`Section %s: Quick Start Guide <NCQuickstart>` is an overview of the workflow, and gives instructions for its use on `Level 1 platforms <https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-srweather-app/wiki/Supported-Platforms-and-Compilers>`__.
+   * :numref:`Section %s: Quick Start Guide <NCQuickstart>` is an overview of the workflow and gives instructions for its use on `Level 1 platforms <https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-srweather-app/wiki/Supported-Platforms-and-Compilers>`__.
    * :numref:`Section %s: Container-Based Quick Start Guide <QuickstartC>` explains how to run the SRW Application in a container. Containers may be run on a broad range of systems and come with SRW App prerequisites already installed. 
    * :numref:`Section %s: Building the SRW App <BuildSRW>` provides a *detailed* explanation of how to build the SRW App. 
    * :numref:`Section %s: Running the SRW App <RunSRW>` provides a *detailed* explanation of how to run the SRW App after it has been built/compiled. It includes information on standard workflow tasks, additional optional tasks (e.g., METplus verification, plotting), and different techniques for running the workflow. 

diff --git a/docs/UsersGuide/source/BackgroundInfo/TechnicalOverview.rst b/docs/UsersGuide/source/BackgroundInfo/TechnicalOverview.rst
@@ -64,12 +64,11 @@ The UFS SRW Application has been designed so that any sufficiently up-to-date ma
 
 * git v2.12+
 
-* curl 
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-* wget
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 * Lmod
 
+* wget 
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+   * Only required for retrieving data using ``retrieve_data.py``. If data is prestaged, *wget* is not required. If data is retrieved using other means, *curl* may be used as an alternative. 
 
 The following software is also required to run the SRW Application, but the :term:`HPC-Stack` (which contains the software libraries necessary for building and running the SRW App) can be configured to build these requirements: