A process for development-processing a silver halide black-and-white photographic light-sensitive material without silver stain and fog by the use of a developing solution which contains 0.1 mole/l or more of sulfite and at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I) or (II) ##STR1## wherein M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom or an ammonium group; R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; n represents an integer of 1 to 8; and X represents a sulfonic acid group, a sulfonate group, a carboxylic acid group or a carboxylate group.