The solution $x(t)$ of the Volterra integral equation of the second kind $x(t) = f_1 (t) + \sqrt t f_2 (t) + \int _0^t g(t,s,x(s))(t - s)^{ - {1 / 2}} ds$ is examined. It is shown that $x(t) = u(t) + \sqrt t v(t)$, where $u(t)$ and $v(t)$ are smooth under appropriate smoothness conditions on $f_1 (t)$, $f_2 (t)$ and $g(t,s,x)$ and satisfy a system of Volterra integral equations of the second kind.