Use <up> and <down> keys to move point in the multi-line minibuffer.

* lisp/bindings.el (minibuffer-local-map): Rebind [down] from
next-history-element to next-line-or-history-element, and [up]
from previous-history-element to previous-line-or-history-element.

* lisp/simple.el (next-line-or-history-element)
(previous-line-or-history-element): New commands.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-11/msg00822.html

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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 86e21c4b8fa..41b93242270 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ Unicode standards.
 
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 25.1
 
+** Minibuffer
+
+*** You can use <up> and <down> keys to move point in the multi-line
+minibuffer just as in an ordinary buffer.  Only when point moves over
+the bottom/top of the minibuffer it goes to the next/previous history
+element.  The new commands bound to <up> and <down> in the minibuffer:
+`next-line-or-history-element' and `previous-line-or-history-element'.
+
 ** Search and Replace
 
 *** Query-replace history is enhanced.