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 ## Dependencies
 
-PIO can use NetCDF (version 4.3.3+) and/or PnetCDF (version 1.6.0+) for I/O.
+PIO can use NetCDF (version 4.3.3+) and/or PnetCDF (version 1.6.0+)
+for I/O. NetCDF may be built with or without netCDF-4 features. NetCDF
+is required for PIO, PnetCDF is optional.
+
 Ideally, the NetCDF version should be built with MPI, which requires that it
 be linked with an MPI-enabled version of HDF5.  Optionally, NetCDF can be 
 built with DAP support, which introduces a dependency on CURL.  Additionally,